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Originally Posted by Judy Taber
True, but how much more offensive a word can a lady be called? I sure can't think of one off the top of my head.
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That's a personal opinion, but I think cunt is worse.
MM: You seem to be trying to prove a point. I get that it's not the word. However, you seem to be trying to make it very clear that you don't care. Who are you trying to prove it to?
It sounds like you do care what people think. This is normal. Society is riddled with a guilt complex...especially around sex. I'm working with a friend of mine right now who is feeling a lot of self-hate towards himself for his sexual choices. It is sad that people have trouble being themselves because they take what other people think and say too seriously.
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
But that doesn't absolve someone who looks down on me or any other woman for being promiscuous or kinky or dressed provocatively from being an asshole. Nor does it disguise the fact that they react that way because they are quite threatened by it.
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So, we're going to counter-attack with the word asshole? This is why the issue will never be resolved. People who truly don't care just shrug their shoulders and move on. Those who take offense take part in a name-calling war that never ends.
I'm so tired of the 'their just jealous' or as you put threatened stance as the main reason. My mom fed me that when I was little and I called bullshit. I still do usually. Some do pick on people because they are jealous, but it's not the only reason. Some pick on others to make themselves feel superior. And then there are those who just pick on everyone for the fun of seeing the reactions.
I will agree on making a personal moral call. But everyone is a judge of something. If you don't judge the morals, you judge the people who are making moral judgments. We are critical creatures by nature.
As I said before we can't control what others say, but we can control our reactions. Why let the namecallers of America who don't know me from Eve make me miserable? I know who I am and I'm happy with it. If everyone could accept their choices and be happy with who they are the connotations wouldn't bother them either. Too many people are out to prove that they are a certain way to people who don't matter to them. I have yet to understand why.