Guest post: Other terms of endearment
Originally a comment by Rev David Brindley on Bad Behaviour??? Us???
I can assure our US and UK readers that here in the Great Land of Downunder, cunt IS used as a term of endearment amongst some sub sets of men.
That sub set of men being the drunken uncles at parties, the misogynist and homophobic, sexually insecure males. Not only do they call each other “cunt”, but they also use other terms of endearment, such as “poof” to assure themselves that while their best friend may be gay, they most assuredly are straight. They refer to their wives/girlfriends as “The Missus” in fear that if they use her name she will either appear and drag them home, or at the least, be acknowledged as a separate person. And they all end the night, standing around the lemon tree, tinnie in one hand, cock in the other, because nothing says “I’m no poof” like flashing your willy at all your mates.
Sounds like it’s all good harmless fun, isn’t it?
It all comes down to who matters, doesn’t it? Even if I say I believe that word has a cute meaning to SOME people, it is also used as a nasty slur towards women by many more people. Asking somebody to stop using the word and being laughed off as a silly prude is a pure power play to show that women are worthless. Call a man in womanface a man, though….and HIS feelings matter more than anything else on earth.