Yes, this is still a racist, sexist, unequal world.

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267. Thanks for your thoughtful and insightful post.

Very refreshing to have a constructive conversation around here, especially on this subject. I tend to agree with much of what you say.
It is true that many insults are pointed towards female genitalia, though bitch is not one of them.

I should also point out that wanker tends to be used almost exclusively toward males. I can't remember ever hearing it used against a female. But that may be because masturbation carries no negative connotation. In fact, it tends to reflect female empowerment.

Whereas, the terms "dick", "prick", "jerk" and jerk-off", refer almost exclusively to males and male genitalia and all have negative connotations.

A couple of other thoughts. Women are definitely victimized more than men and bear the brunt of sexist remarks. Thankfully, they are not a minority, except in China and India, maybe.

Neither are white people a minority, yet they are still potential targets of racism. Objections to racist remarks are not exclusive to minorities, yet nobody complained about the use of "white" in post #1, which could definitely be construed as a racist slur. Then there was the use of the word "rich", which is definitely a classist slur. I'm not personally objecting to the use of any of those slurs in this instance, because they were not addressed to an individual, but rather to an artisitic representation. The poster used the slurs to describe the image and that comes with a degree of poetic license.

I agree that misogyny should be confronted, as should homophobia and all forms of sexual discrimination. But I'm not sure there was any of that in post #1