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> Racial slurs aren't acceptable anymore. That isn't what brought about the civil rights movement, but it's an important consequence of it. I don't really want
by chrismonsanto 13y ago
> Racial slurs aren't acceptable anymore. That isn't what brought about the civil rights movement, but it's an important consequence of it.
I don't really want to pick sides on 'ban bossy', but I do think this particular analogy is flawed. Unlike a racial slur (or any other identity-based slur), 'bossy' describes intrinsically negative behavior. People who are 'overly authoritative' or 'domineering' will always be looked down on in society whether or not this word is 'banned' or not.
- tesseractive 13y agoYou are starting from the assumption that this movement is in error rather than arguing it to be. The whole point of their argument is that the word "bossy" is used to police women's behavior in situations where the same behavior is considered positive for men -- so simply asserting that it always describes negative behavior doesn't exactly make a useful point. Their claim may in fact be false. But starting from the assumption that it is false doesn't really add anything to the discussion.