In Downton Abbey (a new English TV drama series), male servants are taunted with feathers by women for not going to war. So what's the truth about such cowards and their tormentors, the Feather Girls?

34Mbit · 2011-09-19T07:53:59+00:00

I heard that people who worked in protected industries (farming, etc.) that couldn't be conscripted were often socially stigmatised by, among other things, receiving anonymous letters in the post containing a single white feather.

My granddad was apparently given a lot of grief during the war as he worked as a farmer.

neofool · 2011-09-19T17:03:32+00:00

This is why my war motto is: Send in the Clams!

If they want war so bad, let them put on a uniform and fight. I want 50% of the dead and wounded to be women. If we are going to have true equality then women must bear their part of the war burden.

No more hiding in the kitchens or behind children. Time for them to "woman up" and put on their big girl pants to go fight and die just like the men.

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