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SMH. No. A girl can be a "bro" or a "dude" just as much as a guy. A group of girls can be "guys". English language is peculiar! I am just amazed nobody Godw
by nasredin 8y ago
SMH. No.
A girl can be a "bro" or a "dude" just as much as a guy.
A group of girls can be "guys".
English language is peculiar!
I am just amazed nobody Godwin'd this thing so far.
- ng12 8y agoContext matters and in context the term is decidedly male. The article Wikipedia credits with coining the term has this to say: > The Berniebro is not every Bernie Sanders supporter. Sanders’s support skews young, but not particularly male. The Berniebro is male, though. Very male. > The Berniebro is someone you may only have encountered if you’re somewhat similar to him: white; well-educated; middle-class (or, delicately, “upper middle-class”); and aware of NPR podcasts and jangly bearded bands. Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/here-comes-the-berniebro-bernie-sanders/411070/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/10/here-co...
- nasredin 8y agoJust for perspective: When I hear "Berniebro".. . I think of gym bros, frat bros, New Jersey residents, surfer "brahs", and not sexism.
- ng12 8y agoDo you think of women when you think of those terms or only men? If those terms were used in a dismissive, derogatory way, would you not agree that the term is sexist?
- nasredin 8y agoI think of the "bro"/"brah" stereotype. Yes, almost all of the bros who fit the stereotype are male, but I've seen a few skateboard and surfer ladies who are just as "bro" as the men. If there was a term for girl Bernie supporters, would that make this better? Berniechick? One can't win this. Man is gonna be argue about genders until the Second Cumming.