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Opinions on This?
So once again, as the person I am. I was fighting with someone and they had said "Bisexual's should be able to say dy*e!" Personally I don't like bisexuals saying dy*e as a lesbian women. So share your opinions.
The term dyke is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian and as an adjective describing things associated with lesbianism. It originated as a homophobic and misogynistic slur for a masculine, butch, or androgynous girl or woman. reply
Why do gay men and lesbian women like to act like bisexual people weren’t called our slurs. Do you really think a homophobe gives a single fuck that a bisexual woman has any attraction to men? They’d be calling her a d*ke in reference to her same-gender attraction. Same goes with bisexual men and the word f*ggot. Of course they can say it. 1 reply
i thought long and hard about it after i first answered this but i still feel like we should be able to. Of course my word doesn't equate with that of a lesbian, me being bisexual.
But this feels really exclusive. Bisexual women too deal with homophobia and the same slurs. We don't have the 'right to say it' or the 'right to claim it'? The whole p...... reply
Dyke is a slur made by men to ridicule and demean lesbians because they got turned down. Being bi myself, I wouldn’t call any woman that. It’s literally the same as calling a woman who isn’t a close friend of mine a bitch. They would take offense. Now if another lesbian called another lesbian that, there is no issue. They can hash it out amo...... reply
Does it even matter?!?!! Like does it have to be a necessary part of their vocabulary like it’s like having a mixed person fighting for the right to say the N word like it’s not something you gotta say. 2 reply
I have been called a d*ke several times because of the fact that I dress slightly masc and had short hair for the longest time...I'm a bisexual woman.
I don't like that word nor would I use it, but being called a slur several times and not being able to say it if others around me are saying it is...odd? I don't know how to explain it without comin...... reply
Dyke is a Derogitory term used to refer to a lesbian; commonly towards a lesbian with more masculine physical
If you are bi and it was used towards you doesnt matter its still not yours to claim
I literally means no attraction to men
I dont kmow why they want to say a slur so bad 1 reply
