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>Imagine that you just heard a mom tell her kid, 'Don't be so bossy!' What gender is the child that she is addressing? Imagine if you heard a parent tell their
by ryanmonroe 10y ago
>Imagine that you just heard a mom tell her kid, 'Don't be so bossy!' What gender is the child that she is addressing?
Imagine if you heard a parent tell their child "don't be an asshole". What gender is the child? I think it's true that women are held to a different standard when it comes to assertiveness, but the existence of a female-specific insult is not evidence of that. There are plenty of male-specific insults of the same nature. Asshole, dick, douche, prick, bastard, etcetera
- sokoloff 10y agoI agree with your counter-example for boys. It's a good example. I do however think that this might lead to girls being discouraged from becoming bosses (a bad thing[1]) while boys being discouraged from becoming assholes (a good thing). [1] - Or at a minimum, a biased thing.