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Do you believe sweetie is a gendered word?
by psergeant 9y ago
Do you believe sweetie is a gendered word?
- SmellyGeekBoy 9y agoIt seems to be one of those loaded words that's often used by a certain type of man to put women "in their place".
- mosselman 9y agoSo could be the word 'Geek', only to put smart people in their place, that didn't stop you from using it as a badge of honor in your nickname. So maybe you shouldn't blanket-accuse everyone of being a misogynist based on some hypothetical male character that you made up to fit some preconceived narrative of sexism, because that is in fact the true sexism here. There are plenty of people who use the word 'sweetie' endearingly, there is nothing wrong with that.
- rep_movsd 9y agoYou just cant handle the fact that a genuine really professional girl who is a coder cant be snarky when calling out a pleb of a teenaged liar? If anything its very civil language towards a spoilt brat whose parents should be ashamed to have raised a liar.
- kiriakasis 9y agoi believe today "sweetie" is mostly used by women
- dvfjsdhgfv 9y agoI don't know any man who would use this word except towards his daughter (when she's quite small). It's unthinkable any man would use this word in such a way - in a public post, patronizing towards a young girl. It would be an PR suicide, and the result would be contrary to his expectations.
- whatshisface 9y agoI've also seen it used in Tumblr posts which were written with absolutely no harmful intent. It's imaginable that the author of that page had used the word in a not-mean way before in their lives, and especially likely that dripping sarcasm doesn't come through in text. As for the actual article, I guess it goes to show that this "kid genius" media stuff is always self-interested on the part of the institutions and rarely if ever benefits any kids.
- wil421 9y agoI hear sweetie or sweetheart a lot more from older women talking to younger adults/teenagers or kids. Maybe it’s the South.
- seabird 9y agoWhat you seem to think it is and what it actually is are two different things. "Sweetie" is a traditionally Deep South term of endearment or mock-endearment applicable to both genders and used almost exclusively by women. I can't remember the last time (if ever) I have seen it used by a man other than in imitation of women from the Deep South.