The 'c' word

Cunt? I'm not a fan, personally, but I can't see the reason for banning it.

I don't like calling women "bitches" but I wouldn't support a ban on that, either.

Perhaps we should all be more ladylike, and ban all bad words. 😅

I would refer to someone as a prick or an arsehole, it's just another body part in the nether regions.

The word to me is using aggression and anger AT the female part not about it or describing it. So meaning aggression and anger towards women, that's how I see it anyway.

It's only the most terrible, offensive word ever if you believe female genitalia is worse than male. That's not how I feel about the word at all. The word to me is using aggression and anger AT the female part not about it or describing it.

I think in FWR we really should analyze why it's the 'worst'.

I don't think there should be a ban on any word but I don't like the word at all, it's horrible and I've always disliked it. It's the worst swear word imo.

In the US, where I'm from & am at the moment, the "c-word" is extremely offensive & women (or at least the ones I know & encounter) especially rarely use it. But in the UK the c-word - & its corollary "twat" - have been in widespread use for a long, long time, & people of both sexes seem inured to their negative, misogynistic connotations.

I'd never use the c-word myself, but I do often use "dick" & "prick" as pejoratives, so I think it would be hypocritical if I said we can use male genitalia as an insult, but not female...

As a general rule, I'm strongly against censorship of terms or ideas. I don't like a lot of what I see & hear in the West's coarse, vulgar 21st century culture, but IMO banning words & "thought crimes" is not the solution. Especially today when we women are being told that we must not utter or display words like "woman" & "vagina" because some men have now decided that women speaking about ourselves & our bodies is offensive to males who genuinely want to be female as well as to males who are sexually turned on by the idea of themselves as females.

I personally have felt extremely constrained & distressed by MN's policy that says we cannot name & "misgender" violent/creepy men who claim to be women, & we also cannot use certain accurate terms to describe a segment of the population out to deny girls & women our sex-based rights. This had made me feel gaslighted & very angry. So although I don't like the c-word, I'd prefer not see more banning - on MN or anywhere else.

I don't like it, however I don't think it should be banned

I disagreed there and I'll disagree here! It's only the most terrible, offensive word ever if you believe female genitalia is worse than male. I say cock and dick as well. Why not cunt?

Cunt?

Meh. Not offensive to me.

You mean cunt?

I don't like it but in some regions in the UK, it's regarded as inoffensive.