Misogynistic language....

[daredtowork]

425. The Feminazis

Back in the 90s feminism lost a lot of it's political traction for women as well as men because rightwing talk show hosts represent them as "feminazis" quibbling over every little word.

While it's true that words are loaded with meaning and historical context, and that we are contributing to misogyny when we allow gendered words to be used in demeaning ways - I think it's a mistake to keep harping on the C word here. As many have pointed out, DU juries are extremely permissive about insulting language and expect the recipients of blatant insults to "not be thin-skinned". There is a group of women on DU who think it makes feminists look brittle and petty to make a stand on the C word when so many other words slide by.

The eternal vindications of NYC_SKP's banning begins to seem like protesting too much.

I agreed with the banning though I'm not a Hillary supporter, and I'm especially not a fan of what I see as her feminist opportunism. The reason I agreed was because NYC_SKP took it beyond the "word crime" in the headline. He went into crude detail in the body of the post that gave TMI about what was on his mind at the time, and that convinced me that the comment was sleazy and sexist and deserved to be banned.

Just harping on the C word, right or wrong, is going to take everyone back to the 90s grouching over political correctness and put Feminism back on Time's list of words they want to ban from the English language. It's better to treat these problems in their entire context.