Reply #302: i've heard it used on an eight year old

[bearfartinthewoods]

and listened to more stories than i waqnt to remember, of abusive men using it against their wives and female children. talk to anyone who works in domestic violence and you;ll learn it's a precursor word...one of the word most used just before the violence begins.

odds are, a hundred women got hit today, accompanied by the word.
odds are some of their daughters saw and heard it.

personally, i can't believe a rule should be needed to stop it's use. the passionate requests of the women who find it hurtful, combined with it's history should be enough for anyone with any degree of sensitivity to find an alternative.

i'm really curious about the devote defenders. whatever goes through the heads of people who would rather flip the bird to their sisters than choose another word?