# Using gender specific pejoratives in the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 8, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-gender-specific-pejoratives-in-the-pit/657764 "2013-05-08T02:13:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 79
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-gender-specific-pejoratives-in-the-pit/657764/79 "2013-05-10T01:11:12Z")
> [@Why are men falling behind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-men-falling-behind/601037/52): > > Have you ever actually sat down and talked to a man? They’re often not very bright and shockingly violent, hence their domination of the prison system. These traits worked well in the past when they could use their physical strength to subdue women and force them to be broodmares but in the modern era it’s maladaptive. We still need men for engineering, cannon fodder, and sperm, but we’re working on it. I would object to curbing such language in GD. Plus I found the argument refreshing and not incidentally amusing. The poster in question also didn’t keep re-posting the same 'ol drivel either which also earns points. Frankly, such attacks on the dominant group in our non-matriarchal society don’t really bend me out of shape. Kicking somebody when they’re down, OTOH, is a separate matter. Yeah it’s a separate standard for a different context: so what? I’m a guy: I can handle it. Not that anyone of character couldn’t handle an identical situation. Also to be clear, there was the distinct whiff of parody in the quote. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-gender-specific-pejoratives-in-the-pit/657764)._