to wish that posters wouldn't use sexist language ?

[ConferencePear]

I don't know if there really has been more of it lately or if I'm just getting more sensitive. I really dislike it when women are referred to as 'hag', 'cow', 'bag' or 'witch' and so on.
I find it particularly jarring when these words are used by other women.
Am I alone ?

None of those words bother me

What does irritate me is when a woman says, "Do you think I should just man up?" or "Grow a pair of balls".

I seem to be reading more of that sort of thing lately.

I've never really considered those terms sexist, just gender specific insults? So for blokes you'd have wanker, dickhead etc.

The ones that bother me are one that are applied to sexually active women - slut etc, which aren't (generally) applied to men, but you don't see that on here much.

Nope and what Pootles said.

It's struck me too, ConferencePear, and it's unthinking and unpleasant to hear women throwing around insults that have traditionally been levelled at women (especially women considered 'mouthy', ageing or unattractive) by men. The Germaine Greer thread was particularly bad.

Conferencepear- posters only use words like that to describe older women, so that's OK............

What's an acceptable, non-sexist insult then?

When people (men or women) decide to throw an insult at someone, I don't think they're going to worry about hurting the victim's feelings or who insult they use. I mean, what's the point in insulting a person if you aren't intent on emotionally and mentally hurting them

The problem is that some victims (like myself) become 'immune' to many insults because they've had that most of their lives. I've found that when people try to hurt me in a verbal way, I just roll my eyes and think "what a plonker", then smile manically at them and shrug it off .

Gah, that should be what insult they use.

Here are some non sexist non ageist non racist non disablist insults:

Fuckwit
Shithead
Asshole

I've noticed it too. Today I noticed two uses of, "Aunt," to describe an old, mean, childless woman, e.g., "Spiteful old aunt." Maybe they were trying to say, "Cunt," and had an autocorrect failure.

All rather "nether regions" Coughle

Should we not be inclusive of other areas of the body?

Slut tart slag offend me more. As does man up and grow a pair.

My favourite insult is cowbag as in she is a right cowbag. Asshole doesnt have the same impact and I hate the word cuntfor anybody

I hate get some balls, but i know i have used it recently
I cant think of an informal equivalent...?

I think there's some use of homophobic language that's tolerated, e.g. "knob jockey" used a fair bit on a thread I was reading last night. Something about it's use made me wonder if people didn't realise it was the same as saying, e.g. "poofter".

Also, "ladyboy".

What pootles said.

Skank, slag, slut, bint etc

Nasty

Not a term I use viv, but I did not know that re knob jockey

The most sexist term I see on here is cocklodger - I'm considering trying to popularise cuntlodger to even things out. Might liven up the SAHM threads?

Yea knob jockey horrible term means somebody is gay its insulting

Coughle -I thought "fuckwit" is disablist because it links to "half-wit".

I'm liking cunt-lodger. What about smack-grandad, as oppose to granny. Also, what are your thoughts on cock-sucker?

Bint?! Ah c'mon arsenic i googled it before i used it this morning and made a judgement call

I'm considering trying to popularise cuntlodger to even things out. Might liven up the SAHM threads?

Smack-granny?! Never seen this! Pmsl.

I might have invented smack-granny! It's a woman who has a really fit body and dresses well but has aged dramatically in the face. Ideal candidates for 10 years younger. They often own their own home and unfortunately seem to attract cock lodgers.