[lbo-talk] Language of Contempt

[Hank]

At 07:29 PM 6/2/2006, Carrol Cox wrote:
>The difficulty of finding slur words that aren't
>gendered is a dramatic image of the history of gender relations.
>
>Carrol

so is sitting around rationalizing away and pretending that, when a male is 
called a slut it is the same thing as when a female is and, of course, 
ignoring history of usage -- and wider context of oppression within which 
such words are hurled.

I'm reminded now of Roger Odisio's idiocies.