# Why is "eat a dick" considered to be such an insult?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-eat-a-dick-considered-to-be-such-an-insult/984474 "2023-05-23T17:52:18Z")\
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> [@CairoCarol](#):
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> Well, performing fellatio isn’t _intrinsically_ degrading, I hope.

Of course not. The fact that it is so intimate when consensual makes it extremely degrading if your are being commanded/forced to do it.

> [@Love\_Rhombus](#):
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> So do you feel there’s some (not so subtle) misogyny/homophobia lurking behind the statement?

Along with the coercion aspect, it certainly fits into the pattern of “things that women and gay men do” being used as insults.

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