# What's the difference between calling a poster a c\*\*t and... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 19, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718 "2014-05-19T06:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/21 "2014-05-19T15:41:00Z")
Oh, I too think the Pit rules are a little ridiculous, but if they’re there, I’d prefer even-handed, predictable enforcement rather than “It’s OK to break or skirt the rules if nobody like your victim” ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/22 "2014-05-19T15:42:39Z")
Heh, I wondered if this would be coming up. People get so het up about the c-word around here. But it’s not even a technicality. Saying someone \*has \*a cunt is not the same as saying they \*are \*a cunt. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/23 "2014-05-19T15:46:54Z")
And telling someone to stuff a cactus up theirs, is neither. But _is_ ‘directed at’ the victim ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/24 "2014-05-19T15:53:45Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > And rappers have reclaimed nigger - i dare you to use it in a Pit thread, though… If “nigger” was also the crude name of a body part, I’d have no trouble using it. It just has basically the one use though and Michael Richards ruined it for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/25 "2014-05-19T15:54:38Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > And telling someone to stuff a cactus up theirs, is neither. But _is_ ‘directed at’ the victim There’s precedent. I can’t locate the post in my history, but I was not warned for telling someone to fornicate him/herself with a cactus in a previous Pit thread. It was awhile ago. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/26 "2014-05-19T16:00:22Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Theatre of the Nonny, more like. Theatre of the accurate, more like. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/27 "2014-05-19T16:01:35Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > There’s precedent. I can’t locate the post in my history, but I was not warned for telling someone to fornicate him/herself with a cactus in a previous Pit thread. It was awhile ago. I’ve already pointed out that “cunt” and “fuck” are different, but perhaps I need to elaborate - one is an equal opportunity swear, the other is just misogynistic. Unless you’re claiming you were being all womyn when you posted, which …yeah, I wouldn’t believe for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/28 "2014-05-19T16:07:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Unless you’re claiming you were being all womyn when you posted, which …yeah, I wouldn’t believe for a minute. What does this even mean? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/29 "2014-05-19T16:13:23Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > What does this even mean? [LMGTFY](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn) ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/30 "2014-05-19T16:18:31Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [LMGTFY](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womyn) Yes, I am aware of the meaning of the word womyn, it was the whole sentence that didn’t make sense. Google that and get back to us. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/31 "2014-05-19T16:24:38Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Yes, I am aware of the meaning of the word womyn, it was the whole sentence that didn’t make sense. English not your first language? I was saying the word is misogynistic “…unless you’re claiming you were using it in some sort of feminist context (“being all womyn”), which I would not believe was true given the hateful content” Maybe if I’d used quotes around womyn? ‘…being all “Womyn!”…’ Not that I believe you actually didn’t understand my post, you understand… ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/32 "2014-05-19T16:28:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I’ve already pointed out that “cunt” and “fuck” are different, but perhaps I need to elaborate - one is an equal opportunity swear, the other is just misogynistic. > > Unless you’re claiming you were being all womyn when you posted, which …yeah, I wouldn’t believe for a minute. Yeah, you’re moving goalposts now. We done? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/33 "2014-05-19T16:31:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > English not your first language? > > I was saying the word is misogynistic “…unless you’re claiming you were using it in some sort of feminist context (“being all womyn”), which I would not believe was true given the hateful content” > > Maybe if I’d used quotes around womyn? ‘…being all “Womyn!”…’ Fair enough. I still find it hard to attribute misogyny to Rachel’s comment when she was essentially calling out ZPG on her antediluvian anti-woman attitudes. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/34 "2014-05-19T16:31:57Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > True enough - but if we only cared about abuse when it happens to people we _like_, well, what good would we be? Very? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/35 "2014-05-19T16:57:16Z")
There’s nothing misogynistic about having a cunt. The word itself is not a misogynistic word. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/36 "2014-05-19T17:05:06Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > There’s nothing misogynistic about having a cunt. The word itself is not a misogynistic word. Using it in a pejorative context is, though. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/37 "2014-05-19T17:06:56Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Yeah, you’re moving goalposts now. Yeah, the goalposts I “moved” … [before you were even in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17386688&postcount=8). Those ones. > [@](#): > > We done? :rolleyes: This thread isn’t directed at you, sweetie. You can be done whenever you want. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/38 "2014-05-19T17:08:11Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Fair enough. I still find it hard to attribute misogyny to Rachel’s comment when she was essentially calling out ZPG on her antediluvian anti-woman attitudes. Whereas I recognize the Fallacy of Two Wrongs when I see it… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/39 "2014-05-19T17:09:52Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > .:rolleyes: This thread isn’t directed at you, sweetie. You can be done whenever you want. Misogyny reported. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718/40 "2014-05-19T17:13:11Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Using it in a pejorative context is, though. If you call someone a cunt it is insulting. If you are insulting a man by comparing him to a woman, that is misogynistic. If you said a man should shove a cactus in his cunt, you are either confused about his sex or being misogynistic. If you say it to a woman, it is not misogynistic. Cunts. We has them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-calling-a-poster-a-c-t-and/688718.md?page=3)