<---like thiscyranothe2ndDecember 17 2010, 05:53:37 UTC
However, I do think it is offensive to call someone a cunt as a slur.
Ryan and I were talking about this because I used the word in ONTD_politics and someone got offended and Ryan says that saying, "You are a fabulous cunt" (the way some people say 'bitch' but mean something nice by it) it different from saying "You're a stupid cunt." Which I agree with and it is a consciousness raiser to have someone point it out (even though a part of me *hates* all the derailing and political correctness and I just want to throw up my hands and cite etymology until I'm blue. But I suspect this may have a lot to do with me not wanting to be wrong, too. *g*).
IDK, I'm uncomfortable with it in a sexual context even, because it seems like a "dirty" word, whereas "pussy" doesn't...? IDEK why that is. And I've always thought of a "twat" as a ridiculous person, not a piece of female genitalia, even though I know that's where it comes from.
I've never thought of the connection to "dick" but you're right, it's just as derogatory (though not as inflammatory, I think, because of the power differential and because female parts seem to always = bad while male parts are sometimes bad/sometimes good.)
Re: <---like thischron_jobDecember 17 2010, 17:00:23 UTC
In typical usage, I consider "pussy" as a definitely sexist word, because as an insult is carries sexually pejorative connotations, stereotypically connected to the feminine.
I.e. someone is a pussy because they are weak, whiny, or not 'manly' enough.
Cunt is more taboo, more 'offensive', but yet to me it seems less sexist. I may be alone in this, but when I hear someone call someone else a Cunt, I don't hear any of those stereotypical connotations. It doesn't seem to me like Cunt is another way to pejoratively connect someone to the feminine.
Ryan and I were talking about this because I used the word in ONTD_politics and someone got offended and Ryan says that saying, "You are a fabulous cunt" (the way some people say 'bitch' but mean something nice by it) it different from saying "You're a stupid cunt." Which I agree with and it is a consciousness raiser to have someone point it out (even though a part of me *hates* all the derailing and political correctness and I just want to throw up my hands and cite etymology until I'm blue. But I suspect this may have a lot to do with me not wanting to be wrong, too. *g*).
IDK, I'm uncomfortable with it in a sexual context even, because it seems like a "dirty" word, whereas "pussy" doesn't...? IDEK why that is. And I've always thought of a "twat" as a ridiculous person, not a piece of female genitalia, even though I know that's where it comes from.
I've never thought of the connection to "dick" but you're right, it's just as derogatory (though not as inflammatory, I think, because of the power differential and because female parts seem to always = bad while male parts are sometimes bad/sometimes good.)
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In typical usage, I consider "pussy" as a definitely sexist word, because as an insult is carries sexually pejorative connotations, stereotypically connected to the feminine.
I.e. someone is a pussy because they are weak, whiny, or not 'manly' enough.
Cunt is more taboo, more 'offensive', but yet to me it seems less sexist. I may be alone in this, but when I hear someone call someone else a Cunt, I don't hear any of those stereotypical connotations. It doesn't seem to me like Cunt is another way to pejoratively connect someone to the feminine.
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