Haha yes! “Girl” coming from a fellow woman is a little different imo.
I just had a pretty extensive talk with my kiddo about slurs and how some slurs have been reclaimed by the people the slur is targeting, etc. (bitch specifically was the word we were using as an example). This reminds me of that a little. “Girl” isn’t quite a slur of course, but yeah language choice is important and can be complicated!
Men who use “girl” like this make it clear they’re using it as a put down.
Aw thanks! I try really hard haha. He’s been allowed to use some cuss words (appropriately and not at people) for a little while and it was just time to dive into the differences between cuss words and slurs. I feel weird having to have rules around language sometimes, but children don’t know what they don’t know!
Haha yes! “Girl” coming from a fellow woman is a little different imo.
I just had a pretty extensive talk with my kiddo about slurs and how some slurs have been reclaimed by the people the slur is targeting, etc. (bitch specifically was the word we were using as an example). This reminds me of that a little. “Girl” isn’t quite a slur of course, but yeah language choice is important and can be complicated!
Men who use “girl” like this make it clear they’re using it as a put down.
Exactly! And that’s why he has a “misogynist whines misandry” tag now.
Also, you’re a badass mom!
Aw thanks! I try really hard haha. He’s been allowed to use some cuss words (appropriately and not at people) for a little while and it was just time to dive into the differences between cuss words and slurs. I feel weird having to have rules around language sometimes, but children don’t know what they don’t know!