As far as I’m aware, calling a person a ‘prick’ is a pejorative still reserved for a man. Prick, in the pejorative sense, refers to a penis, which only male people have.* The use of the word as a term of abuse for a man is attested to 1929, almost one hundred years ago. Although it may occasionally get used in a gender-neutral way now, unlike the ‘C’ word which gets bandied about for all and sundry, ‘prick’ is for primarily for boys. Even those who pretend that women can be men if they say they are, know that only male people can truly be pricks.
Dec 15, 2022Liked by Katrina Biggs - A B'Old Woman
Yup, nailed it again, Katrina. Well before we enter the formal educational system, we have worked out who is a man and who is a woman. For women, this will be essential information going forward since women are overwhelmingly the victims of men so knowing who may be safe and who may not will keep us here in the world a bit longer.
You failed to mention that feelings can change though so even if David entered the parliamentary chamber with his "he/his" pronoun badge in place, half an hour in he might want to switch to girl mode, so he would no longer qualify to be a prick. Makes calling someone names a bit tricky, but no doubt the wokerati have some answer to this conundrum.
And although period products may be offered to all of us people who bleed, the services for prostate cancer are offered to men. There are so few times now it seems when women are needed. Gestating a new human being is one of these tricky situations when it seems useful to recruit a woman, but even then, any old person with a uterus may just fit the bill.
Dec 17, 2022Liked by Katrina Biggs - A B'Old Woman
Funny enough, according to gender ideology, a person's genitals won't tell you if they're male or female anyway... don't forget that a "prick" doesn't mean that they are truly male, David might just have been assigned his sex at birth!
Yup, nailed it again, Katrina. Well before we enter the formal educational system, we have worked out who is a man and who is a woman. For women, this will be essential information going forward since women are overwhelmingly the victims of men so knowing who may be safe and who may not will keep us here in the world a bit longer.
You failed to mention that feelings can change though so even if David entered the parliamentary chamber with his "he/his" pronoun badge in place, half an hour in he might want to switch to girl mode, so he would no longer qualify to be a prick. Makes calling someone names a bit tricky, but no doubt the wokerati have some answer to this conundrum.
And although period products may be offered to all of us people who bleed, the services for prostate cancer are offered to men. There are so few times now it seems when women are needed. Gestating a new human being is one of these tricky situations when it seems useful to recruit a woman, but even then, any old person with a uterus may just fit the bill.
Funny enough, according to gender ideology, a person's genitals won't tell you if they're male or female anyway... don't forget that a "prick" doesn't mean that they are truly male, David might just have been assigned his sex at birth!
It's just nuts. And if this madness passes legislation (see Scotland), we're in for a turbulous ride... https://twoplustwo.substack.com/p/i-identify-therefore-i-am-the-illusion