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Well, by some stretch it is: this is a word most women don't like to be called, and when referring to men, at least part of the offense is that it's bad to be a
by 5teev 15y ago
Well, by some stretch it is: this is a word most women don't like to be called, and when referring to men, at least part of the offense is that it's bad to be a woman.
- burgerbrain 15y agoMen don't like to be called that either though... Interestingly enough, going by industry statistics, chances are in this case whoever was meant to read it were men.
- 5teev 15y ago"Men don't like to be called that either though..." That was my point: the intended offense is partly in feminizing the man, as if being feminine is bad in itself.
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- ebrenes 15y agoBut is it offensive because being a woman is offensive, or is it offensive because as a man, being identified as a woman is a degradation or insult of your condition of being a man? A developer might feel slighted at being compared to a manager. Likewise a manager might feel slighted at being compared to a developer. Both might have arguments about why a developer or a manager is better/different/more awesome, but the underlying slur isn't a global condemnation of either developers or managers, but that as a group of X you're trying to be more like other X and not like Y. So being told that you're Y is in fact saying you've failed at being X. In other words, it's not misogynist if a man feels insulted by being feminized, just like a woman might feel slighted by being forcefully masculinized (sp?).