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In reply to the discussion: What do you think of the word "unladylike"? [View all]Gore1FL
(21,119 posts)77. World renown biologist, and quite brilliant.
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Many are confused by his words and wit. Mostly, people love him or hate him, with the confused and the religious making up the majority of the second category.
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What is archaic about manners and etiquette? Not getting huffy with you. I think we have different
KittyWampus
May 2013
#120
I was thinking the same thing. Did I miss something. Like you I'm just wondering.
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#163
Absolutely. "Bill O'Reilly behaves in an ungentlemanly fashion most nights on his TV show."
MADem
May 2013
#217
Depends on context. It can be a useful remark to someone who considers herself a lady...
aikoaiko
May 2013
#9
I wish it would take a flying leap into the abyss where the word "gentlemanly" got tossed
librechik
May 2013
#16
I remember a phrase my stepfather would use to describe "unladylike" behavior...
KansDem
May 2013
#22
I'm with you. Strike ladylike and gentlemanly and their negatives for classy and classless. nt
stevenleser
May 2013
#56
Classy has nothing to do with economic class. I've seen plenty of classless rich people nt
stevenleser
May 2013
#282
Thanks for the info, but I screw up far too much not to have it. I couldn't live without it!
Dash87
May 2013
#209
So, if you say I'm acting in an unladylike manner, that you're actually calling me a whore?
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#45
It doesn't. You were making sense, you pointed out real issues that are worthy of
sabrina 1
May 2013
#281
I imagine many people lack the ability to possess concern for both the large and the small things in
LanternWaste
May 2013
#304
But manly promotes the stereotype that a man needs to be "tough" and "dominant"...
cascadiance
May 2013
#338
It's just a word that describes a person's appearance or demeanor. It doesn't necessarily promote
MADem
May 2013
#340
I don't really give a flying fuck. Hardly high up on my list of things to be outraged
cali
May 2013
#41
I'm sure you'd really appreciate a man telling you your posts are unladylike.
boston bean
May 2013
#211
Wouldn't bother me in the least, in fact, I would probably take is as a compliment, or simply
sabrina 1
May 2013
#336
Depends on the context, but I don't automatically see that word as an insult.
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#42
Growing up and a "tomboy" I hated it. And, at age 55, I still don't know what the fuck
Luminous Animal
May 2013
#260
In the here and now, I think it refers (colloquially at its weakest point) to any female...
LanternWaste
May 2013
#44
If they're invited to a formal event, they do want this information and they want to follow it.
MADem
May 2013
#266
Yeah. Or belching loudly. Or spitting. Who cares about this "manners" stuff? (nt)
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#259
I think it's a substantial mis-identification or mis-attribution of what the traits of valid
patrice
May 2013
#57
i laugh at people who think they are insulting me with it... (as in i'm NOT ladylike)
Scout
May 2013
#58
Apparently this thread is for you to tell us all how we should feel
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2013
#69
My Mom used it on my sisters all the time in the late sixties/ early seventies. It was code
FSogol
May 2013
#70
i hear it used most often when older women (boomers and lost generation)
galileoreloaded
May 2013
#87
On a train, airplane or other moving conveyance, it is the gentlemanly thing to do.
MADem
May 2013
#228
I think the context matters, but I'm happy to give this term and its male equivalent up to help
stevenleser
May 2013
#119
I don't consider either one of them to contribute to "negative" gender stereotypes.
kestrel91316
May 2013
#122
I'm fine with it. It denotes manners and etiquette which are sorely lacking in many, many
KittyWampus
May 2013
#117
Calling you unladylike to your face was itself an ungentlemanly thing to do.
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#206
No way, the subjugation of women is deeply ingrained through virtually every
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#131
I was not trolling at all. I was answering your comment about the Madonna/Whore complex.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#169
Don't bring your shit over here. Any problem you have with Redqueen is your's.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#196
Over here, as in the conversation I'm having with some else. You guys are free to piss all over
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#301
Only because you have rudely interjected yourself. There exists no device that can accurately
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#307
The device you're looking for is on your screen. It's called "ignore". n/t
lumberjack_jeff
May 2013
#308
Not a chance, reading the authoritarian drivel and Reich-wing bullying that
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#310
I was under the impression that carrying fights from one thread to another was frowned upon?
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#144
Knock it off. Your shit storm/poutfest has already been linked and documented on this thread.
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#187
That Tom Jones is English is irrelevant; yes, a "lady" in England can also be an upper-class
Nay
May 2013
#244
Funny enough, it was being used ironically in this thread's case too
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2013
#186
Actually the people getting really riled up are the "fuck that word" posters.
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#177
Not nearly as fascinating as watching a thinly disguised meta thread make it into GD.
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#270
Every edition of the Newspeak Dictionary is smaller than its predecessor..... (nt)
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#219
I like to see threads like this because they demonstrate that the big battles have been won.
Nye Bevan
May 2013
#207
I think with 24 plus kids dead in OK, I really couldn't give a shit about this vanity post. nt
msanthrope
May 2013
#230
Because there's a difference between a whine, and an attempt to lighten the mood.
msanthrope
May 2013
#236
You certainly do not have to accept my say-so. But you could be more classy with your language. nt
msanthrope
May 2013
#240
says the person chatting about poop- while wringing their hands everyone else isn't fundraising for
bettyellen
May 2013
#321
I'm sorry- I just don't get people coming into threads they think are dumb to tell other people
bettyellen
May 2013
#343
but you do very consistently "waste your time" - and ours- on telling people their interest in
bettyellen
May 2013
#319
"You'll be waiting" proof you waste your time... and berating others who are discussing language or
bettyellen
May 2013
#323
change the topic? oh no, sweetheart it's ALL about how you waste loads of time
bettyellen
May 2013
#325
Exactly- and it is not as if this wasn't explained clearly and directly before, yet the BS continues
bettyellen
May 2013
#293
I don't think about it at all. I don't give a shit about such trivial crap.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#247
Me neither, I wish I had the time to waste on trivia like this, not to mention that I have zero
sabrina 1
May 2013
#339
dare I sayeth, I think yon internete posteur may have used said particular phraseage in an effort
Warren DeMontague
May 2013
#271
"Unmanly" isn't the equivalent of "unladylike". That would be "Ungentlemanly".
sinkingfeeling
May 2013
#287
don't forget the bitch/slut dichotomy ... this one seems more prevalent to me lately...
Tuesday Afternoon
May 2013
#296
Perfectly good word, in Victorian literature, and acceptable until 1966.
Agnosticsherbet
May 2013
#333