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Our history is built off a male dominated world. Even words and phrases resemble words that are more masculine and geared towards men. Also using labels can give more importance to the first word in the phrase. Our culture has judged women differently than men and that this is changing slowly. This blog talks about using labels as being offensive and discriminatory against certain people, groups, races, and appearances. I agree to what a few said about using words in different contexts. There is not need to ban a word in all contexts because if could be properly used in one sentence compared to another. They also bring up gender programming and how our society is programmed to discriminate against women and that men are superior to women. Words may have offensive and non offensive meanings. Not all words need to be up for the criticism of the public. You cant always satisfy everyone! These words that are up for discussion may have some negative meanings and may offend some people. But, others simply don’t care to ban words such as chick, girl, boy, asian, short, tall or any word that describes people. If people go on a witch hunt to ban all words that describe a person, we will no longer be able to describe someone or something. You could ban the word girl, and use woman, but that would also offend someone. Use words effectively in context and never in derogatory ways. I understand that people may be upset at certain language usage, but keep it to yourself as not everyone is offended by every word someone says. Overwhelmed by this blog, I just have to say, use your words wisely and try not to offend anyone. Thanks!