I was a young pioneer in my twenties when I was invited to the AGM when it came to the UK. The UK congs. were shitting themselves over the GB and Brooklyn bethel people attending. Of course I didn't hear any of it because I was serving drinks and food all day.
After we had served lunch and were desperate for a sit down we were taken to a room and asked to cut up all these cakes other women had baked and put them on trays. Then they decided to put the plates of cake in one half of each tray and put cups on the other half so we changed them all round. I thought great now are we going to get to sit down and have a drink and eat some of this cake. No, the men in charge of us decided they liked it how it was to start with and told us to change it all back again.
Why do I remember this all these years later? Because I was absolutely bloody furious! How can these idiots who don't know their ass from their elbow keep treating women like this I thought. What shocked me was the other women just did as they were told and nobody complained. They were so submissive but I wanted to punch those men!