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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think you have the chicken before the egg there. The word has a stigma considered insulting, so a rapist would of course be quick to use it. But why the stigma? That's owing to its sound, I think.
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The stigma is owing to the synecdoche. For a man to be summarized as his own genitals is a backhanded compliment; for a woman it is a vague threat of rape or other dehumanization.
