to think it’s a bit depressing that women still use these terms against other women?

I must admit, I think to myself "poor cow" sometimes. Usually if I see a heavily pregnant woman on a hot day. I also think it whenever I see any animal struggling in pregnancy or birth, regardless of if that animal is indeed a cow. I don't know why. It feels like a term of endearment

No I can’t. But I can choose never to be in their company.

Are you from Liverpool?
I’ve never heard it and wasn’t aware it was used elsewhere haha

I’d only ever use it to call someone tight/stingy?

Although, I’d use it for a male or female - I might be a potty mouth but I’m no misogynist.

CBA, really. I reserve my reporting for online beggars and racists.

There's always somebody who picks up on SPAG, language or tone whilst ignoring the content that actually matters. They just don't usually start a TAAT when they aren't happy with the rest of the thread for failing to turn and focus upon the diversion whilst pretending it's just a coincidence.

I'm a bit baffled as to why you call this misogyny?
Misogny is hatred of women.
I don't see why someone with fixed ideas about how women should behave is more likely to be a misogynist than anyone else.

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I find "mingebag" quite a flexible insult, or the Irish variant "geebag" (with a hard G sound like in "geese").

You started this thread minutes after posting on that one, criticising people's language, rather than addressing the treatment the OP had received from the relative (on the basis of her autoimmune disease, which is a Protected Characteristic, by the way). It's not a coincidence that it suddenly occurred to you to start a thread criticising people's language straight afterwards.

Are we not allowed to call out other women? Being a woman doesn’t make you good

You've hardly removed yourself from the conversation, have you? You focused upon that in your posts on the thread and have now started a TAAT to try to drum up support for your position.

Last time I looked, TAATs weren't in the spirit, by the way.

I take as much objection to you telling me what language I can/can't use as any man doing the same. Why should I spare another woman if the description is warranted? Because she's a woman?

I won't stand for it from a man - he doesn't get to throw his weight around, telling me what I can and can't do, just because he's a man and thinks he has authority over me because of that. I won't stand for it from a woman - who are you to tell me I must #bekind to another woman just because she's a woman?

Of course not spending time with someone who's language you don't like isn't policing their language! You're agreeing with me!

In response to "You don't get to police peoples language" @Differentforgirls replied "yes I do actually as I would never be in the company of most of them on this thread". I'm pointing out that is incorrect, and you have agreed with me whilst thinking you're arguing against me. The comprehension is not strong here....

She doesn't have to tolerate other people's use of language. But she can't police their language, stop them using terms they don't agree are misogynistic or just stop them saying things she doesn't like because she imagined herself superior to them, which she seems to think she can.

Whit? 😬

Lol. Choosing not to socialise with people who's language you don't like doesn't stop them using or police them in any way.

Imagine if the police just stopped interacting with criminals and called it policing 😂

yep, i actually use it very very rarely. Most recently about the SIL, before that about Noam Chomsky.

I don't think i have ever said it IRL except once when i said i have never said the C-word I'm going to try it.

And it did, indeed, silence the room. Next time i use it IRL i will make sure it does that again.

I see it most days, hang around a bit. It’s not like calling rhe op one, but more in reference to the person the op is complaining about.

I have never seen a woman call another woman a cunt on here A bitch maybe, but not cunt.

I see much worse things said against men on here!

Can we have suggestions of some acceptable alternatives?

Nobody needs to call someone a cunt but it's often a) accurate and b) funny, so I think I'll probably carry on doing it.

I'm from London and I've certainly heard many people affectionately called 'you daft cunt' or 'you mad cunt' etc in a jokey, matey way.

I heard it used like that a lot more in London than I do where I currently live, in Manchester.