The "C" Word and the "P" Word

Although I do not use the four letter word beginning with a "C", I am aware that postings have been deleted that contained it. I just noticed that the male-equivalent of that word, which begins with a "P", is being used in posts.

Is the five letter "P" word allowed, but the four letter "C" word not?

Not really. The female equivalent to penis is vagina. NOT c***! Sorry to bust your bubble.
Maybe you mean prick ?Then you got pussy. Both allowable. I have to see what other 5 letter P words there are.

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Originally Posted by happiestmferoutthere

Not really. The female equivalent to penis is vagina. NOT c***! Sorry to bust your bubble.

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I don't live in a bubble, and if you're joking about not knowing what the word is that I'm referring to (NOT "penis"), you got me.

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Originally Posted by happiestmferoutthere

Not really. The female equivalent to penis is vagina. NOT c***! Sorry to bust your bubble.
Maybe you mean prick ?Then you got pussy. Both allowable. I have to see what other 5 letter P words there are.

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Not the same thing. Calling someone a "pussy" does not have the impact of "c___" or "p____".

Believe me, I grew up in the streets of New York - I know enough about cursing.

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

That doesn't have much to do with it. In Europe, the 'c' word is used frequently without upsetting people. The vulgarity of words is relative to location. Some words may be deemed more vulgar in different areas of the world than others.

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I am not a supporter of censorship, but if they're going to ban the "P" word, then the same should be done for the "P" one.

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

I agree, but maybe not for the same reasons. It's up to the management, though. I think it should be banned since to me it seems like the male equivalent for 'cunt'.

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Agreed

I say "Ban" nothing...you 2 are helping the man keep us down with all of this censorship...if nobody has said anything about it, why bring it up? and you say you hate censorship..haha...give me a friggin break.

As I see it, the difference is this...
All of the other references to the 'naughty bits', have other uses in language.
Cock - a male chicken
Prick - a poke with a sharp object that breaks the skin
Dick - a nickname for men named Richard
Wang - an obsolete business computer
Pussy - a cat
etc...

Whereas the 'c***' word has no other usage in the English language, except the derogatory one.

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Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat

Not the same thing. Calling someone a "pussy" does not have the impact of "c___" or "p____".

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I gotta admit, you got me there!:o

The c word is a misogynistic term is most cases. Most women would rather hear the term p***y than the c word. Calling a woman a c word is one of the biggest insults you can say and I know you are smart enough to understand that BA without it being explained why women cringe when they hear that word.

The point of banning words is silly, while it does make it "nicer," the point of putting so much negative emphasis on a word is pathetic. Are you going to cry if someone calls you a C or P? How can a word be so harmful? It's the people, people just need to get over the fact that it's just a word.

This issue has been hashed and re-hashed.

The issue with the word 'c***' is that it reduces a woman to nothing more than a degrading word for her genitalia. Not only is it insulting, it is also implicitly deeply sexist.

The others are IMHO FAR less insulting.

If any of you fine gentlemen feel threatened by someone calling you a prick in a thread, please bring it to a moderator's attention, where it will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Anyway... I'm just going to end this one. Sundance can have a peek at it and make a decision for next time the site rules are updated.

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Originally Posted by Billionfold

Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. Apparently, more people are offended by the 'c' word than 'prick'. I'm not going to ask it be censored only because the 'c' word is. Although if enough people said they were offended by it, I'm sure it would be. Steve made a good point, though. Even in it's vulgar context, 'prick' isn't nearly as offensive as the 'c' word.

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I was sitting here trying to figure out how to word what I wanted to say and you just took the words out of my mouth. I would like to add that look at other forms of media. You will hear prick used on network TV but will you ever hear the C word on network TV? No.

Thank you Steve and Billionfold for helping explain it. This thread is close to being closed.

This thread IS closed.