Many things are made to be about gender when they are genuinely not.
This is one of those things. The essay on meta titled "Don't be a dick" is
very popular, widely quoted, and nobody has an issue with the fact that
slang for male genitalia is being used pejoratively in reference to
behaviour.
Eric has a filthy mouth and likes to use it to get a reaction from people.
But it really isn't about gender. It's just an expletive. A civility
issue, yes, a gender one, not at all.
Julie
On 26 July 2014 14:02, 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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