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| Is Cunt a Bad Word? | Category: Ask The Old Hippy | Topic: Freedom | Books about Freedom |  Print  E-Mail
This page has been viewed 30017 times | | My college placed a huge sign in the common areas saying "Cunt" to publicize a book with the premise that if you say the word enough it will loses its power and no longer be derogatory. Obviously I support freedom of expression but I believe this word communicates hatred and minimization of women. What is the right response? What would a hippy do? Thanks dude.
I would have to agree with your college. It's exactly what we've been trying to do with the word "hippie". You just need to expose people to positive associations with the word, and suddenly it starts to mean something else. Originally the word "hippie" meant people who looked and acted and thought differently from the mainstream but were very interesting and "hip".
Then the more conservative elements in society villified the word with negative associations like drug abuse, dirty people, etc. Likewise, cunt was just a word for a body part. Again conservatives (& chauvinists) looked askew at this and decided there was nothing good about that word (implying there was nothing good about that body part!), and thus it came to be used in a derogatory fashion.
Sexual liberation and Women's Liberation happened decades ago! People need to wake up! I say it's time to liberate the words "cunt" & "hippie" so they regain their original meanings and not let conservatives dictate how we view the world. It's their view that is perverted!
The Old Hippy
| Suggested Reading My Hippie Grandmother
by Reeve Lindbergh, Abby Carter (Illustrator)
This clever, beautifully illustrated, rhyming book is perfect to read to young children. With catchy lines like: "I have a Hippie Grandmother/I'm so glad she's mine/She hasn't cut her hair since 1969." it's a hit not just with the kids but the hip generation as well. A great way to bond across the decades and to pass on some of our values to our next generation. |
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