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In reply to the discussion: Referring to women as the "c" word. [View all]BainsBane
(53,137 posts)60. That's a good point
It's true of American society more generally. People can act in all kinds of offensive (eg. racist) ways, and they catch little flack for it, but use the wrong word, and then they face a public backlash. And of course the broader story is missed--whether that is the point of an article or policy and practices that are discriminatory.
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That, to me, is the most heinoous word in the English language, followed closely by the
catbyte
Jun 2014
#4
tw*t, and not twit. I know it supposedly means something different in Great Britain, but I'm
catbyte
Jun 2014
#28
Oh it is, all the time. And it's hauled out routinely as a defense of that bigoted slur
redqueen
Jun 2014
#42
Aha, but there's plenty of instances of black people using in all parts of life
Blue_Adept
Jun 2014
#23
Agree with your subject, disagree with your details. Edward Norton did many times without ill effect
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#41
If one wants to use it use it! It is just a word. Sticks and Stones and all that
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#26
No. The difference is one term is aimed at people who are oppressed on the basis of their sex.
redqueen
Jun 2014
#44
Richard Gere referred to someone as the 'C' word in a movie. As a character of course.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#37
See, even if I don't think it is OK to do that... What I particularly don't like...
Xyzse
Jun 2014
#43
Here is a novel idea if you don't like the c word don't use the c word!
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#51
I'm very liberal when it comes to words and their use. Basically, it depends, when it comes to what
quinnox
Jun 2014
#65
Yes, and its ok to refer to men as dicks, or women as dicks and men as the "c" word
phleshdef
Jun 2014
#71