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Originally posted by Mean Mr. Mustard@May 21 2005, 04:43 AM
The term power-whore has been used to describe both men and women for the same reason. If lets say I call a man a power-whore, I am stating that he will do anything in order to obtain a certain level of power. Now lets say I call a woman a power-whore, what I am stating is that she will do anything in order to obtain a certain level of power. I am not saying that Belinda Stronach sleeps with random men in order to obtain power, but rather she will comprimise her apparent morals in order to obtain such power. It seems to me as though you understand what I am saying, but you are trying to paint anyone who thinks different than you with the same brush, that brush being that we are all ignorant and woman hating.
If I call you an attention whore right now, that isn't a sexist remark. The context in which the comment is made has to be looked at, as if you do not act in such a manner you will be stuck trying to argue defintions, and the meaning of words and getting no where. In the context no one was insulting Belinda because she was a woman, people were insulting her for the actions that she took
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It is sexist MMM. I don't care what your junior edition pocket dictionary says. Poll some women in Canada and see how they view the term. It is derogatory to women, and you would have to live in a cave in Afghanistan not to know that.
I'm sure when peope use it to describe men, they like the fact that it also demasculates.
No one who called her a "whore" or "slut" can tell me that they didn't know what the excepted meaning is and the specific insult it is to woman - and I'm also sure that is why they chose it. Choosing a derogatory word and then arguing semantics to try and make themselves look good is pretty lame.