Proposal to Amend DU TOS Language

[Gormy Cuss]

12. The OP does not request banning specific words.

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Rather, the intent is to provide a better framework for understanding when the usage is sexist or misogynistic.

One can't eliminate bigotry by banning words but one can effect a change in perceptions by condemning certain usages. Calling an adult male of color "boy," for example. You'd be hard pressed to find DUers who support the right to call A/A men boys, but you don't have to search too long before you'll find DUers who think it's A-okay to call women bitches (gender-specific) even when they'd call men with the same behaviors assholes (gender-neutral.) I could go on, but you probably catch my drift.