I don't follow your analogy at all (Reply #37)

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Response to prayin4rain (Reply #32)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 07:28 PM

Major Nikon (33,637 posts)

37. I don't follow your analogy at all

...and implying that word has anything to do with an "inferior gender" is reading quite a bit into it.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
An oldie but goodie: D-words and C-words [View all]	Bonobo	Jun 2015	OP
Here is how it is presented.	TM99	Jun 2015	#1
Taking this to a rational conclusion...	TreasonousBastard	Jun 2015	#2
This message was self-deleted by its author	Petrushka	Jun 2015	#7
Men have always been proud of their dicks, the bigger the better	Nitram	Jun 2015	#3
How could you REALLY know the emotional impact of both words from the POV of both genders?	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#4
I didn't say I did.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#5
No, but that is arguably the result of all the freak out so it is a circular thing.	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#6
Why didn't you just post your point of view instead of asking a question you think you already...	Nitram	Jun 2015	#8
I never said words don't have impact, did I?	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#9
On the contrary, you are being disingenuous at best.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#10
If you feel that you are currently in a "vitriolic shouting match" then you need lots	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#11
I used to enjoy vitriolic shouting matches	Nitram	Jun 2015	#12
Is that a question?	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#13
I've asked the same question of you twice in previous posts, and you haven't answered yet.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#14
Ironically, I answered your question already and	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#18
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2015	#16
Wow, people are really, really trying to get me gone.	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#17
It might have something to do with your obvious lack of interest in conversation	Nitram	Jun 2015	#19
It might be, but the truth is that I enjoy conversation when I think that two opinions	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#20
Oh, you know it. Tried a long time with me (Gungeoneer), but has died off. No hides in 2+ yrs.	Eleanors38	Jun 2015	#42
You know how it can be once you get on their lists.	NaturalHigh	Jun 2015	#48
How was that even close?	NaturalHigh	Jun 2015	#47
I don't see the huge difference	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#15
I guess Nitram doesn't want to discuss it as much as he/she claims to. nt	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#21
The "community standards" reveal quite a bit on this	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#22
I'd suggest the use of the words "dick" and "pussy" are roughly equivalent.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#23
Equivalent in that both are used as a pejorative against men and very rarely against women	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#24
Aww, quit your whining.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#25
Which rights did you have in mind?	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2015	#26
Lumberjack, haven't you noticed that the equal pay law is not being enforced?	Nitram	Jun 2015	#28
How many hours does the average full time woman work?	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2015	#29
I give. How many?	Nitram	Jun 2015	#30
It's your claim. Maybe you should be able to back it up. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2015	#31
It's my claim tht men work more hours than women?	Nitram	Jun 2015	#33
"Disingenuous" that word means something other than what you think it means.	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2015	#35
The word means exactly what I think it means.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#36
The equal pay act does not guarantee anyone the same pay for the same job	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#38
You hear that a lot on DU	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#27
Visit the Gungeon for life beyond Dicks. Best encyclopedia around for the many	Eleanors38	Jun 2015	#43
Obviously, there is no word for men's genitals that implies	prayin4rain	Jun 2015	#32
Pray4Rain, you've hit the nail on the head.	Nitram	Jun 2015	#34
I don't follow your analogy at all	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#37
"Calling someone a dick is like calling them an asshole "	Bonobo	Jun 2015	#39
Welp, if that's what you feel like the word	prayin4rain	Jun 2015	#40
Either way the literal intent is to reduce someone's value to their genitals	Major Nikon	Jun 2015	#41
Good point, and worth reiterating. nt	Eleanors38	Jun 2015	#44
I'm not following what you're saying.	NaturalHigh	Jun 2015	#46
"it just seems to me to be a double standard"...	NaturalHigh	Jun 2015	#45

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