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"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 its
by 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?).