Anonymous #1 22h

i also think it’s really interesting that of all animals with small brains, they picked the one that’s already been used to refer to women for decades…

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Anonymous #2 22h

even when used correctly its still misogynistic

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Anonymous #2 22h

bird was used for women even long before it was used in aave so this doesn’t really change anything

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Anonymous #1 22h

The mysoginistic comments about the islanders on this app is really getting out of hand

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Anonymous #5 20h

like i already said, of ALL animals with proportionally small brains, why did we choose the one that’s historically been used to refer to women?

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Anonymous #6 20h

Unfortunately the hold that misogyny and the patriarchy has over the world is so prevalent and is not going anywhere anytime soon. That is the most agonizing part about these terms cuz it feels like treason and betrayal against our own fellow women disguised as empowerment.

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Anonymous OP 20h

Bc the term was targeted towards women

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Anonymous #5 20h

okay so you understand how creating a term for women just to say they’re stupid and compare them to animals is misogynistic, right???

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Anonymous OP 20h

Yes misogynistic roots, but its current colloquial use isnt inherently misogynistic (can be though depends on context)

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Anonymous #5 19h

until you find a word that hasn’t been associated with women since the 13th century, it will always be misogynistic

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Anonymous OP 19h

Can you read? bc I literally said that

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Anonymous #5 19h

you said it isn’t inherently misogynistic. i’m saying you’re wrong.

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Anonymous OP 19h

Keep reading…

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Anonymous #5 19h

i read all your comments fully. you’re still wrong 🫶

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Anonymous OP 19h

Proof for the colloquial use?

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Anonymous #5 19h

proof is crazy 😭😭 it’s a misogynistic term and even if you don’t personally mean it to hate on women as a whole that doesn’t change its meaning and associations lmao you’re using a word that is still TO THIS DAY associated with women to call someone stupid. that is misogyny whether it’s intentional or not.

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Anonymous OP 19h

Calling a woman stupid esp when the most common context is when the woman is being stupid over a man isnt misogynistic

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Anonymous #5 19h

calling ANYONE stupid using a word that’s long been used to refer to women is misogynistic though. just like using pussy, a word associated with female genitalia, to make fun of someone for being scared is also misogynistic

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Anonymous OP 19h

i said that second part backwards lol so to rephrase: it’s hella misogynistic that one of the most popular words we use for female genitalia is a word associated with cowardice

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Anonymous OP 19h

Pussy directly equates being a female cowardice, thats a direct implication on all women. Bird in its colloquial use equates the small brain of a bird to a woman who is stupid over a man. Doesnt refer to all women. The original term did, but not the colloquial term.

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Anonymous #5 19h

lol idk where you got that from. it was generally associated with effeminacy because cowardice is considered feminine, but pussy referred to anyone who was considered cowardly, and then LATER started being used for female genitalia women have been called birds for centuries. and bird(brain) literally just means stupid, nothing to do with women. so WHY was the chosen animal one that was already associated with women? plenty of other animals could’ve been chosen, but THAT is the one that stuck.

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Anonymous OP 19h

Bc language evolves typically from what existed prior

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Anonymous #5 18h

bird is STILL used to refer to women and it STILL means stupid people so idk what your point is with that

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Anonymous OP 18h

Its not referring to all women/not used in the same way a term like “chick” is used

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Anonymous #5 18h

if chick suddenly became a term for stupid people that would be misogynistic too. bird is no different than chick other than the fact that bird ended up getting a second (derogatory) meaning and chick hasn’t

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Anonymous OP 18h

And the meaning ppl are using isnt the derogatory one, you yourself admit it has multiple meanings lmao

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Anonymous #5 18h

how is using it to call someone stupid not derogatory???

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Anonymous #5 18h

and yeah the two meanings being “woman” and “stupid person” like i’ve BEEN saying 😭😭

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Anonymous OP 18h

You understand “woman” is different than “stupid woman who is a pick me,” right?

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Anonymous #5 18h

and you realize bird has been used to refer to women in general for CENTURIES, right?

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Anonymous OP 18h

Yes and no one is using to mean women now, language evolves babe

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Anonymous #5 18h

people definitely do still use it and at the very least the majority of people know the association the average person DOES associate the word bird with woman still and using that word to describe people as stupid is still misogynistic. just because YOU don’t mean it that way doesn’t change the history behind the word

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Anonymous OP 18h

Woman ≠ Dumb woman whos a pick me. Youre even more misogynistic and patronizing for assuming so…

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Anonymous #5 18h

okay lol i’m just gonna accept that you can’t read or something atp ✌️

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Anonymous OP 18h

And ill accept you have no critical thinking skills bc if how much youre conflating two very different things 😁

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