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(11-06-2015, 02:46 AM)V Wrote:(11-06-2015, 02:44 AM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs(11-06-2015, 02:43 AM)V Wrote:(11-06-2015, 02:37 AM)Teadrinker Wrote: I don't use them to slander people. However, if people view the act of accepting gain in exchange for sex as slanderous then...that's on them.
What's your policy on descriptive racial terms?
Could you give some examples of what those might be?
I think that the reason they are slurs is because they are meant to be insulting. I do not think a word like "Prostitute" which has legal, social, and philosophical meaning is a slur, because it is not intended to insult.Â
If anything, assuming Pkthunda is right, it might eventually be viewed as something like the word "Negro" which, while rather archaic and not a good thing to call people, is still in use and not a slur.Â
For the record, I think Sex Worker is a good umbrella term, and should be used more often, as I don't view a Phone Sex operator as a "Prostitute", however prostitution is still a very valid term to describe a subset of sex workers.