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[jeff47]

130. The problem is language is not static

The dynamic nature of language means we're going to have edge cases that need clarification.

&quot name) is a pussy". Meaning coward. That rouse out of the "cat" definition of pussy. However, language moves on and it's generally considered sexist now. But it could reasonably be used by someone meaning the "cat" definition. Should they be tombstoned for it? At the moment, the language is sexist but the intent may not be bigotry. so the context would determine a PPR or not.

Also, "dickhead" comes up with about 10,000 hits. Yet there's not a lot of people railing against that as sexist. "Pussy" has about 14,000 hits (Not linking because the Google ads on that search are NSFW). So the frequency of use is not terribly different. Should 'dickhead' be allowed? If so, what's the criteria for allowed and not-allowed sexist terms?

Also, what's the threshold for "sexist" language? Imagine a picture of a "well-endowed" woman holding two jugs of wine. Would a comment only saying "She's got great jugs" be a ToS violation?

IMO, the current situation is not ideal, but just adding "sexism" isn't a complete solution because of the edge cases. At the moment, a poster would have to show explicit bigotry to get PPRed, leaving some "wiggle room" for context. But each person's limit on that wiggle room is going to cause problems.