NancyLebovitz comments on LW Women Submissions: On Misogyny - Less Wrong

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 12 April 2013 12:37:12AM 7 points [-]

It's better (although it still fails to reject an argument on its merits, or lack thereof), but I'm not sure the term can really be rehabilitated in such a manner. First, the connotation has already been established among too many people, and it's bad, and second, most of those I've encountered who use that term write it as `splaining.

It comes across less as addressing a problem and more as hiding it. It becomes a code word - whitewashing the explicit sexism, but maintaining the implicit.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 April 2013 01:21:44PM 4 points [-]

The other problem is that when a problem has become a topic of public discussion, people say the same things again and again. It's not just the other side who uses bingo cards.

("Bingo cards" is a term used to deride your opponents saying the usual things.)