Montrovant
Fuzzy bears!
1) you don't have the quintessential answer to anything, 2) you know nothing about the Muslim world
There are decent men in every culture; in Muslim culture, decent Muslim men do not go around calling women the 'C' word. You are not a decent man, even by Muslim standards.
Using the 'C' word repeatedly, as well as the 'B' word (especially to a woman who has used no swear words): this is not something a non-Chauvinist does--this is something a misogynist does. This is a man who is no friend to women.
I assume you are talking about the words bitch and ****.
Does your judgement apply if the same person uses those words to both men and women?
What if they are from a country other than the US where the word ****, in particular, doesn't hold the same stigma?
What country would that be, exactly? I'm curious.
From what I've read, the Irish in particular use it much more frequently and as more of a general insult than in the US, also the UK and possibly Australia.
I also don't know the history behind this particular word becoming so taboo that it needs the same kind of treatment as the word ******, i.e. calling it the c-word and people feeling a need to avoid saying or writing it at all, or it being more insulting/derogatory than any other word when used toward a woman.
To me it has always seemed like just another swear word, less used than most, but without particular meaning compared to others. I don't know why **** would be so much worse to call a woman than bitch, or whore, or any other word. I also don't know why there is no such word for men.
It's just something I find curious and that I think is given more power by people's reactions.