Week # 2

There are two very different ways to incorporate dirty words into social situations, one is positive and one is negative. It can be argued that both are negative but I need to make a distinction. One situation involves a person verbally bashing a member of the opposite sex, in front of that person or saying it to a group of their peers, either way he or she is very angry and conjuring every evil sexist name that comes to mind. This is a scary situation because words are so powerful they can ignite a fire that leads to violence. There are countless social situations that make using words such as “chick” or “prick” seem commonplace and totally acceptable. Of course the individuals engaged in the conversation probably know they run the risk of offending the opposite sex and only speak this way in front of their closest same-sex friends. I will talk with certain people in my life using demeaning sexist remarks depending on where I am who I am with and the context of the conversation, like a teacher were talking with a students parent they are going to have a different tone and possibly a different set of words. Language is a great way to express emotions and work out little frustrations, however calling people names based on their gender is not a very healthy way to try and solve a problem. If anything girl/boy bashing may only increase a person’s anger and heightens their hatred to include the gender as a whole. And I do believe there is an innocent way to use these words when describing a person who is not very nice to you, I still think it is the wrong way to describe another person but if it is lacking in anger, rage or hatred then a once in a blue moon usage wont kill anyone..