If "bitch" is considered sexist language, wouldn't "sons of bitches" also be?

[LoZoccolo]

[Orrex]

1. I'm only stopping by here for a moment on my way to a non-locked thread

[Skittles]

3. YOU WANT I SHOULD KICK SOME IBTL ASS, ORREX??

I CAN DO THAT YOU KNOW

[WillyT]

34. ROFLMAO !!!

Gawd I Love You...

:loveya:

:rofl:

You go girl!

:evilgrin:

:bounce:

:hi:

[Fumesucker]

4. ...

:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Genius!

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

32. oops wrong spot

[KurtNYC]

47. tell it to Romulus and Remus. n/t

[Fumesucker]

2. Sons of female dogs is sexist? n/t

[leftstreet]

5. Daughters of bitches just sounds weird n/t

[Tx4obama]

6. No. the latter is the same thing as saying 'assholes', 'jerks', 'buttholes', etc. n/t

[dogknob]

10. Dunno, but 'pickle-sitter' is definitely out!! n/t

[Major Hogwash]

18. Don Rickles is on Jimmy Kimmel tonight.

I wonder if he will talk about playing "hide the pickle" on his program.

[HappyMe]

7. Good grief!

:popcorn:

[seabeyond]

8. as is about every other thing (motherfucker) used to insult males. the true insult is maline them

with female.

beyond that... meh

[Goblinmonger]

13. You'll be happy to know I use the following to insult males

ballsack
asshole
shitsicle
donkeyass
numbnuts
dickweed

I could go on if you want an extended list of non-sexist insults at my disposal.

[seabeyond]

22. high five and

good for you.

asshole about covers it for me.

[customerserviceguy]

35. Hey, watch it there

Behind every great man, there is an asshole.

[seabeyond]

36. ha ha ha

you are so funnnnnneeee.

hey

women, too.

[Luminous Animal]

9. Well it isn't.

Similarly, calling a cat a pussy is not sexist.

[orpupilofnature57]

11. One is a person the other a pod.

[DJ13]

12. *

[NightWatcher]

14. I always preferred calling him Dad, instead of MotherFucker

Plus it's hard to find the MF cards on fathers day.

[pipi_k]

15. Well, for me....

whenever I hear that phrase, I always think of sons of female dogs.

Whereas referring to a female human as a bitch is sexist


IMO.

:)

[Name removed]

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[The Gunslinger]

17. Yes maybe we should be nicer to our rightist overlords.

[ellenfl]

20. no. those would be puppies. eom

[orpupilofnature57]

21. I'm Slow ,fleabaggers should feel fortunate to be called Anything....

Inner-bred xenophobe assholes!!!

[JohnnyLib2]

23. My mama said, "don't call girls that name, you rude SOBs."

Highlight of my young life.

[jdadd]

24. Be careful.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KNkS0mfgg

[Bluenorthwest]

25. Not cozy biparisan sounding enough for your moderate ears?

Who cares?

[pipi_k]

46. I think everyone who posted in this thread...

must care in some form or another...otherwise, why bother?


I dunno. Maybe it's just me, but I ignore/hide threads I don't care about.

Why do people waste their time on things they say they don't care about?


:shrug:

[MADem]

26. Where does that leave bastards?

I dunno. I hear guys calling each other "bitch," and I hear them calling women "dude."

Language is always evolving. Context is where the determinations are made in many instances.

[NYC_SKP]

28. Where does it leave them? Left out. As usual.

Poor bastards.

:P

[MADem]

31. Ha ha!!

Poor miserable bastards!!!

[treestar]

27. You have a point

I've never really objected to "bitch" and son of a bitch still brings that in.

[madinmaryland]

29. I'm a Professional Son of a Bitch!! Don't fuck with me!!

:P

[FarLeftFist]

30. Female dogs? Then you better tell the Dog SHow announcers who throw that word around quite often.

[TwilightGardener]

33. Now you're messin' with a son of a bitch.

Don't do that. Let us have something.

[jobycom]

37. Dunno. "Bitch" was a term of endearment for me. Son of a bitch was just a curse.

I don't think I'd ever call a stranger a "bitch," but whenever I've used the word, it's always been an affectionate phrase to a woman who had done something I thought of as bold and not "nice" in terms of societal expectations. Always a compliment, and always taken that way. Though I do remember shocking my mother once calling my then-spouse a "bitch." She was twice as shocked when Spouse smiled at me for it.

There's only word I'll never use under any circumstance--the N word. Won't even quote it. There are two others I'd never use about a human being--one starts with F, one with W. I may say the word in other contexts, but never in the context they are famous for. Every other word to me just depends on the connotation. I'd never call a woman the B word as an insult, but I still use the word in other contexts.

We've all heard perfectly nice words used as the most cutting, dehumanizing slurs, and the worst slurs used as terms of endearment or at least as inside jokes meant to de-power the word. So I don't worry much about what words I can and can't say. If my intentions are wrong, I shouldn't use any word.

On the other hand, if I know a word bothers someone, I'm sure as Hell not going to mock them or flaunt it in front of them, no matter what I think of its use.

[WillyT]

38. So... You're Saying That Hoffa Shouldn't Have Made Those Comments ???

Many DUers disagree.

:shrug:

[Electric Monk]

39. Did it ruffle your delicate sensibilities, or are you just trying to stir shit up?

Rhetorical question, don't bother answering. Oh, right, you never do anyway.

[Scurrilous]

40. ROFL

:thumbsup:

[FrodosPet]

41. Gay folks use the "B" word as a term of endearment

The hosts and listeners say it all the time as a friendly greeting on Derek and Romaine. So is "bitch" a context sensitive word? Off limits when used in a hostile fashion (particularly by straight men), but OK when used in a friendly one by women and gay men?

[libodem]

42. Honestly

I think it's an opportunity to discuss what is appropriate and what is not. I swear when I talk and write. I'm no rude pundent but I don't like being told I can't use certain words because of pearl clutching offence taking.

[backscatter712]

43. Bitch, please!!! n/t

:evilgrin:

[Major Hogwash]

44. I think not.

Therefore I am not.

Trying dealing with that one, Mister Whizhard!!

[Nye Bevan]

45. "Your mother is a bitch" = rude, abusive and sexist.

"You are a son of a bitch" = OK.

Hey, I don't make these rules.

[dionysus]

48. is it, in the context of "the gallhager brothers are some talentless sons of bitches" ?

[kctim]

49. Apparently, it depends on ones political beliefs

[Ganja Ninja]

50. Sexism in relation to the word "bitch" is dependent on context.

In this case referring to someone as a son of a female dog is not sexist. It is intended to be an insult and not a reference to their mothers.

[AsahinaKimi]

51. I would rather just swear

at Republicans in Japanese. Their response is usually like "wot?".

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

52. Bitch is not sexist language any more than Asshole is.

It's become part of our daily lexicon. The four-letter word starting with a c is sexist language.