Re: [Gendergap] Rebirthing PAIN or something like it - and c*nt talk

2014-07-27 Thread Michael J. Lowrey 
My British contacts insist that the term cunt as an insult is not
sexist in usage or intent. Vulgar, but not sexist.


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:02 PM, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote:
 One of my hurdles as an editor is incivility: a deficiency of it in others
 and, according to some of them, too much of it in me - or too much
 sensitivity. I started a discussion Where and how to request a Civility
 board
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Where_and_how_to_request_a_Civility_board
 and there seems to be some strong resistance to the idea.

 Disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the third person to reply
 dragged gender into it, with this comment:

 Besides, the easiest way to avoid being called a cunt is not to act
 like one.

 I would surely like some feedback - here and there - about this.

 Lightbreather

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Re: [Gendergap] Rebirthing PAIN or something like it - and c*nt talk

2014-07-26 Thread Julie Workman 
Many things are made to be about gender when they are genuinely not.

This is one of those things.  The essay on meta titled Don't be a dick is
very popular, widely quoted, and nobody has an issue with the fact that
slang for male genitalia is being used pejoratively in reference to
behaviour.

Eric has a filthy mouth and likes to use it to get a reaction from people.
 But it really isn't about gender.  It's just an expletive.  A civility
issue, yes, a gender one, not at all.

Julie


On 26 July 2014 14:02, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote:

 One of my hurdles as an editor is incivility: a deficiency of it in others
 and, according to some of them, too much of it in me - or too much
 sensitivity. I started a discussion Where and how to request a Civility
 board

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Where_and_how_to_request_a_Civility_board
 and there seems to be some strong resistance to the idea.

 Disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the third person to reply
 dragged gender into it, with this comment:

 Besides, the easiest way to avoid being called a cunt is not to act
 like one.

 I would surely like some feedback - here and there - about this.

 Lightbreather

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