flossing the cat

My father in law is a good sort: generous, good-humoured, sincere. But frankly, when it comes to women’s issues, he is all kinds of fucking dinosaur. “Paternity leave! Bloody ridiculous!” he exclaimed the other day, while reading the paper.     Now normally, for the sake of family cohesion, I let things like this go: Father-in-law: Global warming is bloody rubbish! Me: Sheesh! You’re sooo  craze !!   But whatever …  Father in law: Brawn is bloody delicious! Not like that foreign muck. Me:   Mmm. It does sound tasty. (A terrine of meat jelly made of a pig’s head and pig’s tongue also known as head cheese … what’s NOT to like?)    But the notion that paternity leave is bloody ridiculous got right on my mildreds. As far as yours truly is concerned, the  new legislation on shared parental leave  may well be the single most important piece of legislation in the struggle to achieve workplace equality in a decade, forcing employers who currently look upon women of chi