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Gender Bias and Sexism in Language
- ModernMech 8y agoWhen I was a kid it was okay to say gay to mean anything really bad or anti-social. I said it a lot, my friends said it a lot. But after highschool I met some gay friends. And then I realized some of my friends in highschool were gay, but closeted. And after gaining some empathy, the word "gay" used in that way is really grating to my ears. It causes me to wince and feel uncomfortable and basically ashamed. I feel that the word "bitch" is going that way now. I used to us it a lot e.g. "Stop bitching and moaning". But then I got married and realized my wife, her friends, and basically every other woman I know view that words as essentially and anti-woman slur. So now when I hear it in songs, when I hear it it jokes, when I hear it on TV... I wince a little. And you should too.