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Niether, it's about abuse of power by men directed at women, a centuries old problem. "people" is not denigrating a particular person on the basis of gender. Wierd that this needs explaining.
'Stupid' is the abusive bit. 'Woman' is not an insult. Weird that this needs explaining.
To get excited over this is being over-sensitive or genuinely sexist (if you think women need special, less critical treatment).
miro_o-
Stupid' is the abusive bit. 'Woman' is not an insult. Weird that this needs explaining.
"Stupid woman" is the insult, not one word or the other.
As a phrase and an insult it has much more depth, history and charge than "stupid man" or "stupid people" would have. Because, you know, centuries of chauvinism.
C.f:
"You disgusting homo" vs "You disgusting hetero"
"Black bastard" Vs "White bastard"
Weird that this needs explaining.
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To get excited over this is being ... genuinely sexist
Hahahaha hahahaha. What the actual fuck?
So if I were to claim that calling someone a black bastard is worse than calling someone a white bastard, I would be being racist?
And not in some semantically pernickity sense of the word, but in the actual, meaningful, derogatory way?
Really? Really?
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'Stupid' is the abusive bit. 'Woman' is not an insult. Weird that this needs explaining.
The use of 'Woman' as an insult is the problem. I'd like to see you tell women who have been denigrated in this way, that they are being over sensitive.
mashton
William.
Niether, it's about abuse of power by men directed at women, a centuries old problem. "people" is not denigrating a particular person on the basis of gender. Wierd that this needs explaining.