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"Dude is gender neutral." When everyone you've ever known, and all media you've ever seen, for 30 years, has exclusively used "dude" for males only, is it real

"Dude is gender neutral." When everyone you've ever known, and all media you've ever seen, for 30 years, has exclusively used "dude" for males only, is it really "gender neutral"?

iamdave 9y ago
I promise I'm not being antagonistic just because I disagree with you (a qualifier that shouldn't even be necessary but eggshells are abundant in this thread right now), it's weird to me to hear this because I grew up in a time in a culture where dude 100% was gender neutral and it was celebrated[1] as such [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqMODweN8lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqMODweN8lQ
- mgkimsal 9y ago
  "just because I disagree with you" I asked a question. I'm not sure what there is to disagree about.
Raphmedia 9y ago
It is generally accepted as gender neutral. Lately, I've seen a lot of LGBT communities encouraging its use. Googling "Is dude gender neutral?" results in a lot of sites telling you that it is. "In the early 1960s, dude became prominent in surfer culture as a synonym of guy or fella. The female equivalent was "dudette" or "dudess," but these have both fallen into disuse, and "dude" is now also used as a unisex term." Dude - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude
- mgkimsal 9y ago
  "slang for an individual, typically male" is in the first sentence. I would assume that's the more prominent intent. Googling "Is dude gender neutral?".... why would I even have that question if my entire community has never called that in to question in the first place?
  - iamdave 9y ago
    why would I even have that question if my entire community has never called that in to question in the first place? To understand and see how communities that aren't yours act, and interact with vernacular versus shuttering one's self behind the assumption that because your group sees x in a certain way, other groups must by default see it similarly.

"Dude is gender neutral." When everyone you've ever known, and all media you've ever seen, for 30 years, has exclusively used "dude" for males only, is it really "gender neutral"?

iamdave 9y ago

I promise I'm not being antagonistic just because I disagree with you (a qualifier that shouldn't even be necessary but eggshells are abundant in this thread right now), it's weird to me to hear this because I grew up in a time in a culture where dude 100% was gender neutral and it was celebrated[1] as such [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqMODweN8lQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqMODweN8lQ

mgkimsal 9y ago
"just because I disagree with you" I asked a question. I'm not sure what there is to disagree about.

Raphmedia 9y ago

It is generally accepted as gender neutral. Lately, I've seen a lot of LGBT communities encouraging its use. Googling "Is dude gender neutral?" results in a lot of sites telling you that it is. "In the early 1960s, dude became prominent in surfer culture as a synonym of guy or fella. The female equivalent was "dudette" or "dudess," but these have both fallen into disuse, and "dude" is now also used as a unisex term." Dude - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

mgkimsal 9y ago
"slang for an individual, typically male" is in the first sentence. I would assume that's the more prominent intent. Googling "Is dude gender neutral?".... why would I even have that question if my entire community has never called that in to question in the first place?
- iamdave 9y ago
  why would I even have that question if my entire community has never called that in to question in the first place? To understand and see how communities that aren't yours act, and interact with vernacular versus shuttering one's self behind the assumption that because your group sees x in a certain way, other groups must by default see it similarly.