# So "ammosexual" is a sexually offensive word now? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ammosexual-is-a-sexually-offensive-word-now/962176 "2022-04-03T04:24:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ammosexual-is-a-sexually-offensive-word-now/962176/5 "2022-04-03T05:01:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ISTR several years ago, guidance came from on high that we weren’t to imply, in our retorts to the political positions of other Dopers, that they (the Dopers espousing said positions) were motivated by the sexual gratification they derived from holding and espousing said positions. This maybe: > [@Exactly what rule did this violate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exactly-what-rule-did-this-violate/830410/3): > > It is specifically against the rules to claim that one’s opponent derives some sort of sexual gratification/whatever from their positions. Claiming something works on someone like viagra certainly fills that space. Which seems to refer to this: > [@Warning for personal insults from Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-personal-insults-from-bone/791737/14): > > Here is the actual rule about “sexualizing”: \* Sexualizing posters and their arguments - Do not say or imply that your fellow posters achieve sexual gratification or soil themselves in glee/distress due to recent news reports, political iconography, contemplation of ideological positions, etc.\* You don’t have to sexualize people in order to break that rule. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ammosexual-is-a-sexually-offensive-word-now/962176)._