# Misogyny on the SDMB, Sept. 2018 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 25, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-the-sdmb-sept-2018-edition/821899 "2018-09-25T17:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-the-sdmb-sept-2018-edition/821899/11 "2018-09-25T18:52:35Z")
Weaponizing language in order to empower the internet equivalent of the Hecklers’ Veto strikes me as a bad idea. Can we get a clear definition of misogynistic language and when it’s appropriate to sanction a poster for said transgression? Would pointing out differences in life choices as an impact in lifetime earnings be misogynistic or misandristic or some other form of so-called hate speech? What about gendered slurs in the Pit? I’m not sure how a forum that encourages debates, discusses politics, and has a pit can reconcile freedom of expression which is on topic and appropriate for those sort of forums and insulate each reader from any potentially triggering content. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-on-the-sdmb-sept-2018-edition/821899)._