To ask for help explaining why C**T is offensive

[Mehfruittea]

So I think most people agree that the C word is offensive. But someone in the internet is arguing that it's not and everyone else needs to just grow up, that it is not sexist racist xenophobic etc.

Can I have your help explaining why this word is offensive to women in particular? Thus making it sexist? Please give me your strongest argument against this word.

I'm not interested in any comments from people who think it's okay, there is already a big fan club for this word I'm trying to argue against it!!

TIA

How is it racist or xenophobic?

I think it's a great word! Although if I properly think about it I think the whole genitals as insults thing is pretty weird all round.

This is a right zombie c* of a thread.

@DrManhattan

This is a right zombie c* of a thread.

I didn't even notice.

Why did you bump a 4 1/2 year old thread @notthemum

Fuck sake.

Many of these posts are about whether the poster wants it to be offensive, not whether or why it is offensive, to the extent that it is.

It is interesting to learn that it is not very offensive in Scotland, quite heartening.

In England though, certainly parts of it, certainly among many people, cunt is a very, very offensive word; whether other people prefer that it should be, or not.

So my view would be that a business would be very silly to use or allow others to use the word cunt on their platforms, simply because some people will find it disgusting and offensive and will immediately be driven away from that business. Which probably isn't what they want.

You don't need to tell them why it's offensive (much as they'll no doubt enjoy watching you try), you just need to tell them that.

FFS @notthemum are you drunk?

@lottiegarbanzo

Most people using it affectionately on here are actively trying to 'reclaim' the word, so remove its power.

It's power is to convey disgust at women.

I agree with reclaiming the word in that way. In fact, I'd like to see all the towns that used to have a street called "Gropecunt Lane" go back to using the original name.

Kudos to Upton-on Severn for having a road called Minge Street too!

I'm not offended by the word itself but it should be used more sparingly or it loses impact. It makes me laugh when people on here use it because there is no way half of the middle class women on MN engage in such casual cunting in real life

@WhatScratch

I swear a lot (not at people) and don’t generally find swearing offensive.

That a word referring to female genitalia is considered to be the most offensive swear word in the English language? There’s a lot of misogyny in that. That’s what I find offensive. There are times when men use the word bitch or cunt and you can actually feel the hatred of women radiating from them. The same words from a woman don’t carry the same baggage.

Sums it up beautifully.