Monday, April 13, 2009
Flickr
The discussion on Flickr about sexist language is pretty interesting, and it is something I hadn't really thought about. I never thought that someone can be offended by calling a woman a girl, or calling a man a boy. I just think that those words are the first thought that comes to mind when seeing a gender. I guess it just really matters on who labeled the image and what not and if they mean anything by it. The person may not mean anything by it and someone can overreact over a word. But if someone labeled a woman or anyone else as a derogatory term then thats when someone has crossed the line. Also people labeling people as something racial. I believe that is just as wrong because labeling someone by their appearance or what they are is just stupid.
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When I think of Flickr, I think of their photo uploading database. Never clicked in my mind of discussion about sexist language. I didn't think someone could be offended by calling a woman a girl or a man a boy either, I guess it depends how you say it to a person at times. I don't think someone should overreact if they were to be called those words, just correcting the person. I agree with your statement: "I believe that is just as wrong because labeling someone by their appearance or what they are is just stupid". It isn't write to label people and that usually falls into stereotyping. Definitely will be doing my blog on Flickr soon and interested on reading more about it!
ReplyDeleteI’ve also never heard of being called a man or woman being an insult. The idea of the gender pops up when the word girl or boy is mentioned. It depends on how a person is described to actually be insulted with certain simple words, for example when people call girls weak just because they are females. Sometimes people just take things the wrong way online and turn it into something negative. Derogatory terms are always wrong and mean when used on someone. Those words are purposely hurtful and demeaning. I found it kind of lame for the person who even started the topic, I fell like its so irrelevant.
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