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In reply to the discussion: What do you think of the word "unladylike"? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)outrage. When someone does that and fails to express outrage over the use of common words, who fails to see that every other word is an insult to 'all' women, even though most strong, intelligent women could not care less about this trivia, don't expect to get a response that makes any sense.
I totally agreed with your post. I save my outrage for real issues. Someone described this kind of 'outrage' as 'first world problems'. I think that about sums it up.
There is a very tiny contingency of 'feminists' who spend a disturbing amount of time trying to elicit outrage over the use of words they claim to find 'offensive'. The list keeps growing. They will present all kinds of contorted reasons to explain to those of us who are way too busy worrying about real issues to care, WHY we are such terrible people, WHY whatever the word du jour happens to be, should be considered offensive. Some people need to feel offended and if you are not someone who has that need, you will become the enemy. It really is a phenomenon, or it is a way to make feminists look ridiculous. I can't decide which.