Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by donovanr 3991 days ago
I don't mind profanity at all per se, but the tacit misogyny of that one does bum me out. I'm from the US, if it matters.
1 comments

Yeah, using a crude name for a specific gender's genitalia as a pejorative is a bit of a dick move.
Unless it's "dick" or a close equivalent, which no one minds in the same way. I wonder why that is.
There is a profound difference between a powerful contingency using the genitalia of a less represented one as a curse and vice versa.