Post by cattledogkisses on Aug 15, 2014 20:35:02 GMT -5
Maybe this is a better way to put it.
When you use a female term to say that you think America is becoming weak and unworthy of respect, then by extension you are also saying that women are weak and unworthy of respect.
Legitimate question- so none of you nor your husbands ever use the word pussy?
It's not the word itself that people are reacting to. It's the way you used it.
Exactly. I cop to having used the word. And DH does once in a while. But (a) I now use the word coward since it's genderless and simply accurate and (b) every time DH does I tell him it's offensive to me and not even an appropriate analogy. If he wants to indicate a body part that is weak, fragile and overly sensitive he should use penis. Basically it's at least stopped him from using pussy as a slur
Your usage is exactly the issue. It would be like saying you deeply care about the rights of disabled people then claiming that America is retarded about how we treat morons. Or something.