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And yet "asshole", "dick", "creep" and so on are perfectly valid to throw at a man without anyone worrying it's casting aspersions on the entire gender. Double
by tnones 10y ago
And yet "asshole", "dick", "creep" and so on are perfectly valid to throw at a man without anyone worrying it's casting aspersions on the entire gender.
Double standards, must protect the m'ladies!
- danso 10y agoI didn't call anyone a dick. Though I wouldn't go on the stand and say that I never casually use it. Also, you're probably aware that there's often different tolerances for in-group use of a word. That shouldn't be a surprise, really, it's usually not the physical presence of a word that people object to.