[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

I've called my friends pricks before in arguments/as a joke, I don't consider any insult besides 'bitch' 'slag' etc. gender specific really.

But men get called bitch and slag as well .

[Daniel-X]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

But men get called bitch and slag as well .

Well I associate them with women, personally. Not saying that men wouldn't get called it but I associate it with a woman.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

Well I associate them with women, personally. Not saying that men wouldn't get called it but I associate it with a woman.

Maybe so but they're just insults towards both men & women .
And if Andrew called Rachel that word I bet nobody would find it weird .

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Daniel-X

Well I associate them with women, personally. Not saying that men wouldn't get called it but I associate it with a woman.

They definitely are "female" insults but when they're used towards men it's usually because they're accusing the man of displaying some sort of stereotypical negative female trait ie. Slag : Sleeping around in a negative view=woman (whereas if you're complimenting or admiring the man for getting all the ladies then he goes back to being male like a stud or whatever) Then Bitch - The guy is behaving like a woman because he's talking nastily behind a persons back etc because of course a man acting like a man could never do something as petty as that...................all very standard everyday sexism

[bots]

He used the word dickhead which more often than not is directed at men. I'm quite sure he meant it as such. I don't honestly blame him as he was angry and India was being insufferable

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

He used the word dickhead which more often than not is directed at men. I'm quite sure he meant it as such. I don't honestly blame him as he was angry and India was being insufferable

he used both words, dickhead and prick

[bots]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

he used both words, dickhead and prick

whether subconsciously or not, he was insulting her as if she were a man. I think because he was angry it was a subconscious thing and I'm sorry, but no-one can help that, its just a fact of life.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

whether subconsciously or not, he was insulting her as if she were a man. I think because he was angry it was a subconscious thing and I'm sorry, but no-one can help that, its just a fact of life.

Quite possibly

[bots]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Quite possibly

I mean LT and I are both straight guys, we know exactly what we mean when we say these things. That's where our judgments come from. Prick is a much softer slur than dickhead, and dickhead is most definitely restricted to males

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

whether subconsciously or not, he was insulting her as if she were a man. I think because he was angry it was a subconscious thing and I'm sorry, but no-one can help that, its just a fact of life.

..yeah I think this also...the shame of it is as well I think, with the few ‘misgenders’ from the female housemates it’s all just feeding into India’s ‘victim complex’ more and more..becAuse she’s able to interpret is as...oh the women don’t accept me as a woman, because of the ‘he’ references and obviously now the name calling as if she were a man from one of the men....so for India..?...she doesn’t have to look at or address her behaviour which isn’t great, she just becomes more and more the victim as she will see it I fear and because she’s transgender and ‘unaccepted’....rather than just an irritation to those sharing a space with her because of her personality....

[Crimson Dynamo]

listen, take it from me, when he was calling India a dickhead he was calling HIM a dickhead


fact

[Crimson Dynamo]

and he chose his words carefully....to hurt

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Sullen Girl

was this borderline transphobic?

idk ‘prick’ just doesn’t seem like a gender neutral insult to me and something you are much more likely to say to a man

No

[Shaun]

I generally consider all swear words to be neutral and apply to either gender, tbh, even if they're slang words for either set of genitals. So no. India's a prick and Daniel's a twat.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Sullen Girl

was this borderline transphobic?

idk ‘prick’ just doesn’t seem like a gender neutral insult to me and something you are much more likely to say to a man

Clutching at straws there I would say. She is lucky he is as nice as he is and didn’t give her the piece of their mind she deserved that many would have.

And some of those stupid women need to stop pandering to her just because they think it will get them brownie points with the PC brigade.

[Northern Monkey]

In these modern times of progressive gender neutrality and female equality women should be afforded the opportunity to be insulted in the same manner that a man would be.We need to move on from these gender specific slurs and embrace a new more inclusive way to communicate.


So basically India = Prick and Dickhead.

[armand.kay]

prick is gender neutral where I'm from?

[Tom4784]

I didn't think it was. I've heard prick and dickhead used as insults towards women before.

[smudgie]

I have both called women dickheads and pricks before and been called both myself.

Daft prick is a quite common saying to either sexes.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by smudgie

I have both called women dickheads and pricks before and been called both myself.

Daft prick is a quite common saying to either sexes.

I can't believe that Smudgie

[Vanessa]

He was right though

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

He was right though

Thank you . Someone should call that to her face .

[jaxie]

I think people have words thy use when they are angry and obviously prick and dickhead are words that Andrew uses. I don't think it's any indication of the sex of the person he is angry at. They are just go to words. Some people will always use the word c you next tuesday but they aren't calling every one they are mad at a woman.

[Firewire]

She is a prick

[Crimson Dynamo]

Prickhead?