I think you boys have your genders mixed up. We girls would never call each other cocks!:-)

Seriously, another Mudcatter sent me a link to this commentary and I was esp. interested in the 8th and 9th paragraphs, i.e. the casual culture of racism.

Since white men, as a whole, have never been a part of minority it may be difficult for them to fathom just how much words can effect a whole community, not just one member of such. And, I am talking colour and gender here, boys, not yer accents.