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Just curious, how offensive is "chick"? I catch myself accidentally using it every once in a while (a vestige of shitty, all-boys Catholic high schooling). Shou
by wikiburner 13y ago
Just curious, how offensive is "chick"? I catch myself accidentally using it every once in a while (a vestige of shitty, all-boys Catholic high schooling). Should I be mildly embarrassed or mortified?
- silencio 13y agoProbably older, probably more experienced, subject of a news story, in a fairly professional context? Kind of offensive (IMO). I think outside of common terms like "chick flick", this is just like using "girls" to refer to adult women - think to yourself, if you replaced the term with something like "boy" or "dude" how would you sound? I don't really go on crusades about these particular uses of words because I feel there are better fights to fight, but I would never refer to a man in this particular context as a dude. Maybe I'm overly politically correct, but I try to be respectful to everyone.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoIt depends. If you're using it in a negative statement, it tends to connote a woman who isn't very smart. If you're making a positive statement, I think it would be roughly equivalent in formality to calling someone a "babe," without the connotation of being pretty. So still don't use it to talk about someone in a professional context.
- weareconvo 13y agoIf you're a PC douchebag who actively seeks out opportunities to be offended by things, then, sure. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it.
- sliverstorm 13y agoAbsolutely depends. Some people find "chick" just about as offensive as "nigger", while some people don't care in the slightest. I've known a number of women who freely use "chick" to refer to themselves or their friends.
- pekk 13y agoAbout as offensive as "geezer" or "cracker".
- brown9-2 13y agoIn this context it reads as highly dismissive.