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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:07 AM
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How come ****-sucker is about the worst name you can call somebody,

And yet, many men--need I finish the sentence?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:10 AM
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1. It's homophobic -- it's the same as calling someone a f**got
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:51 AM
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3. That's why
Nobody ever calls women that.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 06:54 PM
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7. I've been called that
Cross my heart... but as an airline employee I don't think there is a single name I haven't been called! ;-)
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:49 AM
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2. Because our language is patriarchal, which is at root both misogynist and homophobic.
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:53 AM
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4. David Mamet used the term 'Cocksucking Dike' in one of his plays
I remember being totally puzzled by that.

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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 06:47 PM
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6. ... that's just confusing.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 01:34 PM
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5. Not according to Lenny Bruce...
Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 01:35 PM by mitchum
and for the very reason you alluded to

edit: typo
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