How to end Derogatory terms
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:12 pm
There's been a lot of discussion on the proper term for todays Legal Pay for Play Sex worker and it has been decided "Courtesan" should be used. This is great! A much classier term than Whore, hooker or prostitute by far. Now how do the Ladies in the industry get the rest of the world to join in and start using the term Courtesan?
There was and is a lot of anger over CWMC and now it has been changed to LPIN awards but I guarantee you many are still going to refer to them as CWMC. Funny thing is the award wasn't for "Whore of the Year" never was as far as I can tell even though the "W" stands for Whore. It has been "Courtesan of the Year". I thought it should have just been changed to CCMC but I guess for what ever reasons that wasn't thought of or decided against not that it matters.
I liken the challenge of getting whore out of the common terminology to getting rid of the "N" word. I dare say the word "Whore" has been around far longer than the "N" word yet because the "N" word refers to a race of people rather than a group it has garnered much more attention for it's negativity. I still see parallels in the challenge to get rid of the usage of the words.
So how do you get society to stop using derogatory terms to describe a group of people no matter if the group is based on race or choice of occupation?
For me the first place to start is with the groups themselves. If you don't want a word spoken at your home you ban the use of it at home and no longer use it. The same should be for the words I am speaking of here. If you are a Courtesan then you shouldn't be using the term "Whore" to describe yourself or others in your profession. If you are of African American descent then stop using the "N" word to describe yourself or others. I can already hear "It's different if we use it on ourselves, its allowed, you don't understand" And that may very well be I admit I'm not Black or a Courtesan but it seems to me if you don't want to hear those words the first place you can control it is at home! I grew up in a town with a large African American population, I heard the "N" word used so often by both whites and blacks it lost all meaning. Often times when used by the whites it wasn't meant to be derogatory it was just what was said. Not saying that was ok, just saying what was. I see today on twitter Ladies often referring to themselves as "Whores" & "Hookers" and of course Legal Prostitutes.
If you want change you need to first make it yourself. You want disrespectful terms that describe you to not be used then don't use them yourself. Show self respect and refer to yourself as you would prefer to be referred to. Once the change starts at home then it will have a much better chance of catching on outside of it. As long as the world hears the derogatory terms used by those who they are referring to, many outsiders will still think it's ok to use them too
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There was and is a lot of anger over CWMC and now it has been changed to LPIN awards but I guarantee you many are still going to refer to them as CWMC. Funny thing is the award wasn't for "Whore of the Year" never was as far as I can tell even though the "W" stands for Whore. It has been "Courtesan of the Year". I thought it should have just been changed to CCMC but I guess for what ever reasons that wasn't thought of or decided against not that it matters.
I liken the challenge of getting whore out of the common terminology to getting rid of the "N" word. I dare say the word "Whore" has been around far longer than the "N" word yet because the "N" word refers to a race of people rather than a group it has garnered much more attention for it's negativity. I still see parallels in the challenge to get rid of the usage of the words.
So how do you get society to stop using derogatory terms to describe a group of people no matter if the group is based on race or choice of occupation?
For me the first place to start is with the groups themselves. If you don't want a word spoken at your home you ban the use of it at home and no longer use it. The same should be for the words I am speaking of here. If you are a Courtesan then you shouldn't be using the term "Whore" to describe yourself or others in your profession. If you are of African American descent then stop using the "N" word to describe yourself or others. I can already hear "It's different if we use it on ourselves, its allowed, you don't understand" And that may very well be I admit I'm not Black or a Courtesan but it seems to me if you don't want to hear those words the first place you can control it is at home! I grew up in a town with a large African American population, I heard the "N" word used so often by both whites and blacks it lost all meaning. Often times when used by the whites it wasn't meant to be derogatory it was just what was said. Not saying that was ok, just saying what was. I see today on twitter Ladies often referring to themselves as "Whores" & "Hookers" and of course Legal Prostitutes.
If you want change you need to first make it yourself. You want disrespectful terms that describe you to not be used then don't use them yourself. Show self respect and refer to yourself as you would prefer to be referred to. Once the change starts at home then it will have a much better chance of catching on outside of it. As long as the world hears the derogatory terms used by those who they are referring to, many outsiders will still think it's ok to use them too
This may be out of line or in the wrong place. Please delete or relocate as you see fit