The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #156261   Message #3683548
Posted By: wysiwyg
08-Dec-14 - 08:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: Evita Peron - whore
Subject: RE: BS: Evita Peron - whore
Bonzo, I'm sorry for your troubles over the painful history.

As a woman, it hurts me to see a negative stereotype about ANY woman when I skim the thread list each day. It hurts ALL women when these words are bandied about. In some cultures I suppose 'whore' is merely a job title; in the US it's a nasty pejorative. It's a stereotype because women, based on female sexuality, have historically been blamed for bad things men do. (I don't countenance stereotyping of men either BTW.)

It might be possible even now just to ask a mod to change the thread title to point up the controversy about Eva Peron with different language.

~Susan