What do you think of the word "unladylike"?

[Summer Hathaway]

300. A group is comprised of individuals.

Surely you're not denying that there is a group here that constantly tries to make mountains out of molehills when it comes to certain issues. And use of the word 'unladylike' is just such a molehill.

"... you attribute them to and bear collective guilt for something you think you might have read somewhere at some point in time."

I don't 'think' I might have read something somewhere. I HAVE read these things, over and over, and your pretense that such discussions don't exist is rather pathetic.

"Unladylike is exactly what the GOP calls Hillary Clinton. Yeah it matters because it is part of an ideological structure that keeps women from reaching political power."

Yes, being called 'unladylike' sure has kept Hillary Clinton from reaching political power, hasn't it?

"But that requires people to actually care that women have equal rights in society ..."

Yes, it requires that people actually care about women's rights - and furthering those rights requires effort, hard work, and commitment. It also requires prioritizing what steps should be taken towards common goals.

That is why it is so mind-boggling that certain posters here consistently focus on such minutia as what words are unacceptable, or what behavior on the part of men is to be scorned as being demonstrative of sexism, 'benevolent' or otherwise.

That type of nonsense achieves absolutely nothing, other than to steer attention away from REAL issues, REAL battles that need to be fought and won, and the achievement of reaching REAL goals.

In addition, we have been told by this certain group (or its individuals, if you prefer) that they feel a need to 'educate' people on DU - and that 'education' invariably includes accepting that their bullshit about what constitutes sexism, or what words should be eliminated from our vocabularies, is the FINAL word on the topic - despite having been told that they DO NOT represent most feminists' opinions or attitudes here on DU, or in the real world.

But please continue to devote your time and energy to such trivial matters as using the word 'unladylike'. Surely things like the assault on women's reproductive rights, or the fact of unequal pay for equal work, will be eliminated the minute everyone stops using the 'wrong' terminology.

DU's self-proclaimed Feminists - Righting the Wrongs done to Women around the World, one vocabulary word at a time!