My British contacts insist that the term "cunt" as an insult is not
sexist in usage or intent. Vulgar, but not sexist.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:02 PM, LB <lightbreather2(a)gmail.com> wrote:
One of my hurdles as an editor is incivility: a
deficiency of it in others
and, according to some of them, too much of it in me - or too much
sensitivity. I started a discussion "Where and how to request a Civility
board"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#W…
and there seems to be some strong resistance to the idea.
Disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the third person to reply
dragged gender into it, with this comment:
"Besides, the easiest way to avoid being called a cunt is not to act
like one."
I would surely like some feedback - here and there - about this.
Lightbreather
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