| Is it wrong for a "Lady" to be offended when called "WOMAN"?
Posted: 4/8/2006 8:03:16 PM | | I am a Lady always have been always will. I feel very strongly against someone calling me woman. to me it is derogatory. (bad speller) A woman is a female that is just there in her everyday life style with her man telling her to fetch him a beer. I don't believe any lady should be disrespected that way. And yes I will cover the basis on this as to it working both ways. I Do not call a gentleman by the name of "boy, MAN, guy, or DAWG for that matter" my question is: "IS IT WRONG?" to want or need to be called lady, or get offended when called woman, or girl. | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 8:26:16 PM | if a man told me to go fetch a beer.......i'd tell him to go fetch the newspaper...
OT: he can call me a woman/lady/chic....i even get girly sometimes..so i wldnt b offended... its better then hey u b!tch or hey old lady grab me a beer...... | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 8:39:46 PM | | I think it really depends on how it is said. I think the instance you are speaking of is very demeaning to women. It is more of a cave man metality. "women get over here" is ignorant hick terminalogy that you are speaking of however saying "my wife is not a girl she is a women" is totally different. | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 8:43:21 PM | I am all woman...independent, strong, and proud of it. There is nothing derogatory about that. In fact, I prefer to avoid the term "lady" because it conjures images of some sensitive and fragile female and I am neither of those things!
To each his own I suppose!! | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 8:47:56 PM | | I guess when i hear the word "woman" I think of the fraise "WOMAN! get me this" I guess I should stop telling people not to call me woman. I think scares some off. I know the Gentleman would never call me woman anyway. | |
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daisie
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Joined: 9/22/2004
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 8:52:02 PM | I am a woman and a lady and happy to be both. On a gut level I think you're kinda nuts to be all worried about the word "woman" however....and this is important...it depends on how your peers use the term. If your peers use it like this, "woman go get me a beer." then that does sound insulting. But frankly I would not be worried about being called a "woman" by that guy. I would be MORE WORRIED ABOUT BEING CALLED A FREAKIN IDIOT who hangs around with men like that. Yep..."idiot" is the bigger concern to me! It's great to be a woman...a smart woman.
Oh, and I don't like to be called a "girl" either. Girls are children. I'm grown up.
And I don't like guys other than my s.o. to call me "sweetheart, sugar" etc. I am in the process of buying a car right now and the salesman called me "Sweetie" repeatedly. SO the next time I telephoned him I said "Hi Pumpkin-pants, did you get that information I needed about the car?" Hahahahaaaaa. got his attention! | |
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Joined: 2/20/2006
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 9:21:33 PM | better than the ,,omg,,,forbidded,,,C-word,,,,,
and many more
geeessshhhhhhhh
actually my favourite is "old Lady"
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 10:42:55 PM | I agree that it depends on the tone that is used. Sometimes, it can be used in the sense that you feel it is...I admit that I also feel that way sometimes, and will smack anyone that uses that tone with me. However, I have needlessly been called worse in my first relationship... for instance, "b!tch", "slu t", "wh ore", etc... all almost on a daily basis. Now THAT is what I call derogatory!  | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/8/2006 11:00:35 PM | I'll also agree that it depends on the tone used. Generally speaking "woman" is not a derogatory word. Neither is "man".
To rudely address somebody as "hey woman", or "hey boy" etc, can be derogatory. But there is nothing wrong with the word itself. Using it in reference to someone such as "that woman" should be acceptable.
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/9/2006 2:15:40 AM | Yo, Dude while YOU!! are fetching a beer, bring me one too, please.
I want to be called a woman, as in an adult female which my experiences and conduct in life have made me such. Yes, it can be used in a derogatory way, as some of the ladies have stated. But for me it generally has positive connotations.
I have a bigger issue with being called a "girl", no matter the tone used or how it is phrased. I'm an adult and want to be respected as such. For me that term says little to no respect for what or who I am. | |
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Joy.
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Joined: 6/26/2005
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/9/2006 6:56:47 AM | | All I can say is this thread cracked me up. If you believe in the Bible, woman was made from man. If you are a feminist, you would already be offended. Politically correct, are there any terms that are NOT considered slightly derogatory? Female? Lady? Arent most women referred to as ho, c***, baby, girlie, ma'am(that one bothers me), madam, biatch. | |
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