Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldBanned from community to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days agoHow come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?message-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down16
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareHow come in America Cunt is such a egregious word but not the same in Europe?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldBanned from community to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down13·16 days agoBecause feminism is more normalized here, maybe? And so misogynistic slurs are less welcome.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·16 days agoWe prefer different misogynistic slurs like bitch instead.
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·16 days agoPussy. Pussy is definitely another one Americans prefer over cunt.
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoI’ll happily call a guy a cunt and say a girl is being a dick. We have ascended beyond misogyny. The old meanings of the words have been usurped. Same for bitch etc.
Because feminism is more normalized here, maybe? And so misogynistic slurs are less welcome.
We prefer different misogynistic slurs like bitch instead.
Oh there’s a slew of them for sure.
Pussy. Pussy is definitely another one Americans prefer over cunt.
I’ll happily call a guy a cunt and say a girl is being a dick. We have ascended beyond misogyny. The old meanings of the words have been usurped. Same for bitch etc.