"She looks like a right tramp"

It isn't a sexist comment, its observation.

To be fair, this is how I took it. It's no doubt a term mainly used for women, but it's more about them being unkempt and scruffy than about her attractiveness. To me it's like saying "He looks like a right Kev." Or a 'Barry'.

I wasn't 'trying' to find a less offensive meaning. I'm not one to launch into mental gymnastics to excuse misogyny. I call it where I see it. Every. Single. Time.
In this case I was genuinely confused as I've never, being British, ever heard the word 'tramp' to mean anything other than lowlife/vagrant/homeless/scruffy (all horrible!)
And anyway, most misogynists would just go straight in with slag/slut/insert other less ambiguous term to say what they really mean, rather than a passé not-quite-as-cutting American term.

It's interesting the posters trying to find the least offensive interpretation when normally FWR is all over class analysis.

If it quacks and waddles, it's a duck. This man clearly reserves his misogyny for those that 'deserve' it.

Missed that, queen- sorry! How utterly bizarre, then.

The man made myth about women getting lighter sentences than men do in criminal cases is fully operational in the drug dealers world. That is why you so often see a woman holding the drugs while the man holds the money.

[quote Notredamn ]I still think my interpretation of the word, the way it is commonly used in the UK, fits more with the context of the post being about drug dealers. [/quote]
The person who said it, when asked to clarify, said he meant she looked like a slut. So the OP's interpretation was obviously more correct than yours.

I still think my interpretation of the word, the way it is commonly used in the UK, fits more with the context of the post being about drug dealers.

You are clearly happy with that, the OP is not. Framing this as excusing the actual crime is self-aggrandising claptrap

Ooh I do love a straw man. It's the one of the favourite FWR put downs. I do enjoy getting to use it

I did not "frame this as excusing the crime"
I queried why the OP had no interest in the actual crime so stop making things up

What disingenuous response. The OP has been pretty clear that she regards the drug dealing as a serious issue in its own right

What an equally disingenuous response

Where has she said this? Certainly not in her opening post. She makes no comment at all beyond the woman was weighing out drugs.

'Tramp' has no sexual connotations whatsoever where I live, quite the opposite. It means 'scruffy'/'homeless'- pejorative language, but not sexist. This is why I'm confused.

Round here she looks like a tramp is more likely to mean sexually. I'm not in USA.

I agree with OP. Man responds to post about drug dealing by saying woman looks like a slag, essentially. WTF.

I can't understand why some posters have a problem with the OP posting this. Yes it's an aside to the drug dealing, but it's perfect on-topic for FWR to discuss the tangent of sexist language.

Scratch the surface and see how many men disrespect females at some level for having sex, especially with more than one man. So if she's doing one morally dodgy activity (drug dealing) he's very ready to accuse her of another (shagging about, the slut).

I'm equally puzzled at why in relation to the criminal and antisocial behaviour of this woman the OP thinks this is more important than considering how best to deal with the criminal and antisocial behaviour.*
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What disingenuous response. The OP has been pretty clear that she regards the drug dealing as a serious issue in its own right. It has nothing to do with the sexual appeal of the perpetrator, or how many people she has or hasn't slept with.

As ever, the right regards women as private property, and the left as public property. Calling her a "tramp" is an example of the former - if she sells drugs, she must also by extension not have an owner.

You are clearly happy with that, the OP is not. Framing this as excusing the actual crime is self-aggrandising claptrap.

Is this in the US?

I don't see 'tramp' as a sexual term to be fair. Maybe they shouldn't be commenting on someone else's dress at all but to me tramp is equal to scruffy. Tramp in a sexual way is Americanised

They use skank on our local FB page when the ‘well known’ couple are spotted up to their usual tricks.

"No insult is out of line " ?!

Wow. Scratch the surface a bit and there it is, staring at you, I guess.

Nice vocabulary for a C21st man! Tell him the 1920s called and wants it's old pejorative slurs for women back. He probably wouldn't get it, though. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The thing is, it's about principles. If we say that misogyny and racism and homophobia are not okay then that has to be in every circumstance and apply to everyone. Otherwise we are saying that it's okay to be racist/misogynistic/homophobic when we don't like the person and you get to decide whether that person 'deserves' the insult or not.

Yeah, can't see how that could go wrong.

Misogynistic treatment of drug dealers - oh, that keeps me awake at night!

Why do you care what a drug dealing problematic woman is called? She's a drug dealer. No insult is out of line.