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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by Tenoke on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:22PM (#33628974)
Why wouldn't it be? Clearly people don't mean anything sexist by it, given that most don't know about it, and nobody as far as I know is offended. Who do you want to ban the word for?
Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by kbos87 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:31PM (#33629148)
To be clear I think intent matters more than anything else, and I’m not an advocate for “banning” terms or shunning people for unknowingly using a term like this - but the history and what it implies is questionable to the point where it’s probably best not to use it personally