On 19/05/2014 4:53 PM, Russell Coker wrote:
It's actually very relevant. If you use "cunt" and "bitch" as terms of abuse then you are creating an environment where women aren't welcome. However the word "dick" doesn't have a great affect because it refers to members of the more powerful group and it's not so much associated with the threat of violence.
I accept this is true for some, but most likely the majority of those in AU will, at times, use much more colorful language -- which I object to. The use of Aussie colloquialisms, should be acceptable for an AU list of the type "luv-talk" ... where almost anything goes. There are other problems with political correctness that are also way over blown. Men risk, every single day, just looking at woman at all; if the woman detects a /sexual/ threat, then it can instantly become a legal issue -- yet it is all in the woman's perception of the /look/ and it can [and usually is] be completely innocent from the man. This really is PC gone crazy, people are people -- males have their traits as do females and it is completely normal for them to see things differently, but we need to understand each other. Times have changed, what was once 100% accepted, and EXPECTED is now frowned upon unnecessarily -- effectively stopping people from being people. A.