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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-09-14 03:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2447 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2447 ⌋

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Re: Manchild

(Anonymous) 2013-09-14 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The problem isn't the term.

It's that it only ever gets applied to men.

Re: Manchild

(Anonymous) 2013-09-14 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Complaining that the masculine version of a word is only applied to men might be, like, the funniest thing ever. It's only applied to men because it only applies to me--we have "womanchild" as an equivalent.

Re: Manchild

(Anonymous) 2013-09-14 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Which is literally never used.

(inb4 anecdata, yeah and the arctic monkeys have a song calling a man a slut, doesn't mean it's not a heavily gender insult)

Re: Manchild

(Anonymous) 2013-09-14 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but then you have to take the flipside into account. Women have, for a very long time, been considered feeble/childlike. They need to be taken care of, they aren't 'adult' enough to handle money. They aren't 'mature' enough to handle business, or be president, or act rationally. (That month long PMS that some men seem to think exists) Historically all women are seen as children.

So, manchild is really just a term that tries to other men, because the default is seen as 'mature adult'. Women in general are seen as childish, so there isn't a specific term for that. It's bullshit all around, but that's the culture sadly. (The "are we ready for a female president?" bullshit from last election still irks me)