Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agoThey deleted the post and banned the user. Saying "fuck nazis" is not allowed on the critical drinker subreddithexbear.netimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1156arrow-down1imageThey deleted the post and banned the user. Saying "fuck nazis" is not allowed on the critical drinker subreddithexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePbSO4 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·16 days agoDoesn’t the use of pussy as “cowardly”, “shrinking”, or “harmless”, derive from “pussycat”, referring to the animal’s propensity to flee danger? I was under the impression that its use for genitals was a parallel construction.
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 days agouh i think it comes from “purser” but nobody knows that and the primary association is the misogynist one.
minus-squarePbSO4 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 days agoI don’t want to go all “reclaim”, but the problem as stated seems to be its use as slang for vaginas, not its use for the cowardly
minus-squareMohammedTheCommunistPalestinian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agosame thought as you
Doesn’t the use of pussy as “cowardly”, “shrinking”, or “harmless”, derive from “pussycat”, referring to the animal’s propensity to flee danger? I was under the impression that its use for genitals was a parallel construction.
uh i think it comes from “purser” but nobody knows that and the primary association is the misogynist one.
I don’t want to go all “reclaim”, but the problem as stated seems to be its use as slang for vaginas, not its use for the cowardly
same thought as you