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Topic	Do you think the term "Mansplaining" is sexist
COVxy 04/09/17 4:03:30 PM #32:	Pogo_Marimo posted... No, your acceptance of the term comes from a No True Scotsman fallacy. You view any use of the term as derogatory as a misuse, even though it is the most common use of the word No, I view any use that is literally not appropriately applying it as misuse. Like, it was literally created for a very specific purpose. Pogo_Marimo posted... In fact, this topic is wonderful proof that this term literally causes more harm than good. So how is it useful for "labeling" the issue? This would happen regardless of the labeling. Think hard about topics about sexism on this board. Have any of them not been marred with "but women can be sexist too!". Like, yes, of course they can, but that's not the fucking point. We're discussing a very particular instance of sexism, one that particularly happens in areas of high education in technology or the sciences. Further, if we're going to throw out any term that has been appropriated widely as an insult, we have to throw out pretty much every label in existence. SJW, alt-right, democrat, republican. etc... --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:876863490] in Do you thi... [t:75217482]...</cite> <quote><cite>Pogo_Marimo posted...</cite> <quote> No, your acceptance of the term comes from a No True Scotsman fallacy. You view any use of the term as derogatory as a misuse, even though it is the most common use of the word </quote> No, I view any use that is literally not appropriately applying it as misuse. Like, it was literally created for a very specific purpose. <cite>Pogo_Marimo posted...</cite> <quote>In fact, this topic is wonderful proof that this term literally causes more harm than good. So how is it useful for "labeling" the issue? </quote> This would happen regardless of the labeling. Think hard about topics about sexism on this board. Have any of them not been marred with "but women can be sexist too!". Like, yes, of course they can, but that's not the fucking point. We're discussing a very particular instance of sexism, one that particularly happens in areas of high education in technology or the sciences. Further, if we're going to throw out any term that has been appropriated widely as an insult, we have to throw out pretty much every label in existence. SJW, alt-right, democrat, republican. etc... --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])]</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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