The section that talked about "deprecating" was very interesting to me. To read that "sexual insult is overwhelmingly applied to women, in researching terms for sexual promiscuity, found 220 terms for a sexually promiscuous women but only 22 terms for a sexually promiscuous man." This made me think back to one of our first discussion boards, when we listed names for men and women.
WOW!!! to read that their 220 different words that are spoken about women is disgusting but so true. It made me start to think ab0ut the different words that I hear from different people on a daily basis.
Another interesting section was the "defining" section. I always hear a women being defined by what she does or who she is. Especially if they are mothers. Most mothers that I know will be the first person to say something like " I am a mother, and then I am a ......(fill in the blank)." Being a mother is usually the first thing that they mention when talking about themselves and who they are.
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