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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:09 PM Original message |
I Have A Question On The Use Of The Word "Bitch" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Guys talk this way. (Most) women do not. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's A Synonym For " Punked.".. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Hey man, I'm on your side |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. IMO, everybody uses it in real-life - both boy and girl.... But I don't really care enough... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. My guess is that you are fairly young. I admit to using the word bitch |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Under 40, but not by as much as I would like. :) |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, I turned 64 today. Just from overhearing some recent conversations, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It's a fine definition. Happy birthday!!! |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Hey! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. "Now A Days " People Use The Word As In Something You're Turned Into |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Beside the point," not "besides." |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Do you mean "verboten" on DU? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I Didn't Use It... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. So how do you suppose that meaning arose? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It Started As A Name For A Female Dog To An Ugly Name For Women To Somebody You Have Made Your |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. a bit of male supremacy rolled up in that, eh? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 06:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. No-Male Supremacy... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I meant in the word itself |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. I suggest speaking your mind... screw the PC crowd.... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. It's not "syntax" it's misogyny. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. We've had some holy-hell, humdinger, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I call it "good times." :) |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. We're ALL supposed to know the DU Rules ... but obviously some don't read. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. It Seems There Is Ambivalence About The Word... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Think about this: Is "vixen" as perjorative? Why or why not? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Depends |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Note that that usage is a direct descendant of guys' misogynistic treatment of "their" women.... |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. try this instead |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Biz-snatch! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think use is just fine... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. self-delete - wrong branch. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks For The Input |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. "pwn". :) It's pronounced "pown", of course. And of course she'll trounce either... |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Just don't use it. When you use it to describe men, it is no better - in actuality, you are |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't like it.... |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think it's offensive |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. the ugly epithets seem to be increasing and the targets diffuse |
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Wiregrass Willie (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
38. I've never used that word to describe a woman .. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Best post in the thread |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. Context, context, context. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I Ain't (sic) Using It Here |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You've got to pick your battles, I suppose. - n/t |
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