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I still don't like this word after it being abused in my childhood like it's wrong and shameful to be one.Lesbian
hi tree, is disablist discrimination and disablist abuse included?Be advised that AC is a support forum.
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thankyou @tree ,it works a bit differently to the UK which recognises disablism in its own right next to homophobia etc-i think.@toothless
I believe disabilist language falls under Rule 4 on AC.
"degrading or offensive"
That would include words such as are found within this link.
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/media/20386/Ato-Z-of-Offensive-language-FINAL.pdf
A lot of women seem to find "moist" a bit disturbing. Personally, I associate it with chocolate cake, or possibly brownies... but I'm not a woman. I wonder - is it because it makes people think of moist parts of their body? Although I still don't see why it's disturbing. I mean, whatever object it reminds you of, you want it to be moist, right? You wouldn't want to eat dry cake, or dry... well, anything else it could be applied to.Not along the same lines, but I never used to like the word 'moist'. However, a few people knew I didn't like it and kept saying it..and now I'm not bothered at all by it.
A lot of women seem to find "moist" a bit disturbing. Personally, I associate it with chocolate cake, or possibly brownies... but I'm not a woman. I wonder - is it because it makes people think of moist parts of their body? Although I still don't see why it's disturbing. I mean, whatever object it reminds you of, you want it to be moist, right? You wouldn't want to eat dry cake, or dry... well, anything else it could be applied to.
Any men out there dislike "moist"? What about other women?
Its called a euphemism treadmill an endless cycle of ever changing terms or phrases that get replaced when they become a point of ridicule ,for example in the early 1900s moron was a term used widely in scientific enquiry, the same can be said about retarded'retard' makes me feel things i dont like, but thats because of the connotations, i am diagnosed under the olden days of the DSM, with "mild mental retardation" and it really makes me feel like a pain or something,in my head when i see or hear 'retard' or 'retarded'.
ive been bullied with it and called it by ignorant people ever since the word became popular in the UK around 1995, plus those of us with the disability are not slow in thinking,we just cant process as much information as other people we have a limit and this has a knock on effect on our capcity to understand the world and it is what makes us 'low functioning' [nb; intellectual disability in autism is what makes us LFA as it has a huge affect on functioning and how the autism presents,HFAs by definition cant have ID thus their autism presents differently to ours].
Sometimes, certain key words will make me squeamish. The idea of typing them up and searching makes me squirm:
- Clown
- Clown college
- Lesbian
Oh for goodness sake, really?! She said she doesnt like certain words , that doesn't mean she is a clownaphobe does it . I dont like the word bulbous but I still eat onionsI'm curious as to why the word lesbian makes you squirm...are you homophobic?