http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/things-men-shouldnt-say-to-women
Upon reading this article, I was intrigued of how I had previously heard a number of these phrases used before but usually as a joke and I had never thought too much into it. However, I now wonder if these statements would be considered equally wrong or offensive to the authors if they were said by a woman to another woman, or a woman to a man, or even a man to another man. Is it wrong for men to call women a "slut" or "bitch", or is it wrong for women to be called such names by anyone? If I were to tell a man he looked great for his age, would that be a "no-no," or is it only "wrong" to say to a woman due to social standards of female beauty and the notion that women's looks fade with age? Perhaps calling a man "rational" is offensive because it disregards his emotional side?
Upon reading this article, I was intrigued of how I had previously heard a number of these phrases used before but usually as a joke and I had never thought too much into it. However, I now wonder if these statements would be considered equally wrong or offensive to the authors if they were said by a woman to another woman, or a woman to a man, or even a man to another man. Is it wrong for men to call women a "slut" or "bitch", or is it wrong for women to be called such names by anyone? If I were to tell a man he looked great for his age, would that be a "no-no," or is it only "wrong" to say to a woman due to social standards of female beauty and the notion that women's looks fade with age? Perhaps calling a man "rational" is offensive because it disregards his emotional side?
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