"Since a gendered slur needs power+prejudice to be counted as one, yes, they can only be targeted towards women" /r/Gifs (np.reddit.com)

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22 comments submitted at 21:16:50 on Feb 18, 2014 by david-me

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  • michfreak
  • 8 Points
  • 21:20:05, 18 February

First you can't call things "racist" because that requires power, but now "slur" requires power, too? That's not even an -ism!

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  • heimdalsgate
  • -1 Points
  • 21:24:36, 18 February

Never said that though. Gendered slur is a feminist term and is based on feminist theory which you're very allowed to disagree with.

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  • FlapjackFreddie
  • 4 Points
  • 21:29:12, 18 February

Slur is a feminist term? TIL

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  • david-me
  • 1 Points
  • 21:33:17, 18 February

Some of these are fun

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  • w00t_usernames
  • 3 Points
  • 21:38:25, 18 February

Here's even more:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Englishsexualslurs

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  • david-me
  • 2 Points
  • 21:40:03, 18 February

Wow. I'm gonna have to bookmark that.

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  • FlapjackFreddie
  • 2 Points
  • 21:34:47, 18 February

Termagant is my favorite.

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  • david-me
  • 2 Points
  • 21:38:17, 18 February

Not sure how bugger is a gendered slur.

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  • heimdalsgate
  • -1 Points
  • 21:30:22, 18 February

Not at all. Gendered slur is though.

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  • FlapjackFreddie
  • 5 Points
  • 21:33:21, 18 February

Why? It's simply categorizing the type of slur. Why would feminism have any control over that?

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  • heimdalsgate
  • -2 Points
  • 21:35:48, 18 February

It's a feminist term because it's used by feminists.

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  • FlapjackFreddie
  • 4 Points
  • 21:37:22, 18 February

But, it's also clearly used by people who are not feminists.

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  • heimdalsgate
  • -2 Points
  • 21:39:42, 18 February

Alright, it might be. English isn't my first language, but the translation in swedish is only used by feminists so that's why I call it a feminist term.

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  • FlapjackFreddie
  • 2 Points
  • 21:42:12, 18 February

Oh. Then you probably should avoid being the voice of authority on English terms. Gendered slur is hardly just a feminist concept.

Also, do you believe that all feminist concepts require the power + prejudice dynamic? I thought a basic tenant of feminism was that the patriarchy hurts men too.

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  • heimdalsgate
  • 0 Points
  • 21:45:02, 18 February

>Oh. Then you probably should avoid being the voice of authority on English terms. Gendered slur is hardly just a feminist concept.

Fair enough. It's still a feminist term among other. I was talking about the feminist term.

>Also, do you believe that all feminist concepts require the power + prejudice dynamic? I thought a basic tenant of feminism was that the patriarchy hurts men too.

Not at all, and you're right, patriarchy hurt men too.

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  • michfreak
  • 3 Points
  • 21:37:28, 18 February

Feminists also use English, sometimes. And other languages.

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  • david-me
  • 1 Points
  • 21:42:13, 18 February

> It's a feminist term because it's used by feminists.

-/u/heimdalsgate 02/18/2014

Thank you for this. I have facepalmed this hard in some time.