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Originally posted by Not Bob
Words have power. It's not so much the literal meaning of the words, but all the cultural baggage that goes along with it. The chicks here have a point that calling someone a cunt is different from calling someone a dick, even though they are both slang words for gender specific and sexually related body parts.
Look at it this way -- the n-word is a disparaging word used to describe black people, and cracker is a disparaging word used to describe white people. Both are slurs directed towards skin color. Would you agree that I am probably less likely to be bothered by being called a cracker than TM would be bothered by being called the n-word?
(edited to add the "probably" part)
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And yet, it is aceptable for black people to use the n-word amongst themselves. At least they do up here in the northeast, but if I use it (as a white woman) it becomes a slur.
Can't comment on cracker, never heard that one before.
I think "Dick" is less powerful than cunt or twat or vag etc. because it can be used as a first name (personally, I will never name any of my male children Richard).
There still exists the double-standard. A man with many sexual partners is studly, a woman with many sexual partners is a slut.
Based on our cultural background we all have a different opionion on what we interpret as insulting. That's probably why there are so many cuss words.
If you call me the c-word again, I'll throw my shoes at you!
