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minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoGreat now “boys will be boys” is a dog whistle. it always was for misogyny, but now it might be for fascism too
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days ago“Boys will be boys” was always about getting into foolish hijinks. It has been co-opted by shitheads to excuse abhorrent behavior. And every time it happens there needs to be significant pushback from from folks to take it back from the bastards.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agosadly it’s hard to take back a term. shitheads missuse the term normal people then avoid such term now it’s a bad term any attempt at reclaiming it will be suspicious as if someone just wants an excuse to use that word. it’s mostly a slut thing. but with slurs it’s “easier” to reclaim, as the community affected by it, can choose to use it. in this case it’s different.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoI think it was more of a euphemism for stupidity than a dog whistle for mysogyny.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoit’s often used to excuse male children or teens (or young men) of misogynistic acts. although originally meant for general youth stupidity. it’s a good dogwhistle because it comes with plausible deniability. it depends on the context.
Great now “boys will be boys” is a dog whistle.
it always was for misogyny, but now it might be for fascism too
“Boys will be boys” was always about getting into foolish hijinks. It has been co-opted by shitheads to excuse abhorrent behavior. And every time it happens there needs to be significant pushback from from folks to take it back from the bastards.
sadly it’s hard to take back a term.
shitheads missuse the term
normal people then avoid such term
now it’s a bad term
any attempt at reclaiming it will be suspicious as if someone just wants an excuse to use that word.
it’s mostly a slut thing.
but with slurs it’s “easier” to reclaim, as the community affected by it, can choose to use it.
in this case it’s different.
I think it was more of a euphemism for stupidity than a dog whistle for mysogyny.
it’s often used to excuse male children or teens (or young men) of misogynistic acts.
although originally meant for general youth stupidity.
it’s a good dogwhistle because it comes with plausible deniability.
it depends on the context.