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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This argument:
doesn't mesh with this one:
"Dick" is just as gender specific as "cunt." And calling someone a "cunt" isn't necessarily a comment about said woman's sexual nature. If I don't know a thing about your sexual history, I can call you a cunt based on how you've interacted with me. It's about attitude. "Slut" demeans a woman based on her sexual experience (perceived or real).
"Dick" is the same as "cunt" as far as the nature of the insult is concerned. "Cunt" may be more extreme or harsh, but you can't say you can't compare the two because one is a more accepted insult.
TM
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Sure they do. Yes, they are both insults technically referring to genitalia. No, they are not used remotely in the same way. Calling a guy a dick doesn't imply any judgement in particular about his sexuality--as say, "pencil dick" would. I have never, ever heard the word "cunt" used in a way that did not imply something negative about a woman sexually--usually, that she had stepped out her place and was acting like a guy--and with respect to women, sexual terms implying insult or potential harm are often used to put her back there.
It's like the n-word/cracker distinction Not Bob made--refer to an analogous thing, but has completely different history, meaning and implications.
p(just read that the Joe Millionaire reject posing for Playboy said she refused to do full-frontal nudity because she was a women's studies' major--so glad she got the point of her classes)j
