Double standards

CoolhandO383 · 2020-02-24T11:49:44+00:00

How is wifey offensive

ThePrettyBeebz · 2020-02-24T14:50:27+00:00

How the fuck is wifey condescending?? I’m a wifey and I love when he calls me that.

Andromeda08 · 2020-02-24T12:35:51+00:00

How the fuck is that offensive, nor have I seen women be offended by that

cavscout55 · 2020-02-24T15:43:31+00:00

Holy fuck it's real. I thought this was edited or something because I truely believed, "There's no way the DICTIONARY can be sexist towards men. No fucking way."

And then I googled it. It's real. Try it yourself.

ultimateformsora · 2020-02-24T14:53:23+00:00

I saw a tweet the other night that said “when men say female it sounds like a slur”. Essentially, the argument here is that it strips them of their power.

Like ok, then you may not say “men” because in every way you say it, it is used in a way to either call out or belittle an entire gender rather than the subset you are actually talking about.

Sunagwa · 2020-02-24T15:54:59+00:00

Next link down.

What does it mean to be called Wifey? The term “wifey” means a girl who is pretty much a guy's top girl. It's similar to calling someone “boo” or girlfriend and if a guy calls you wifey and he says it seriously, it means that you are someone that he respects and cares about deeply.

Bold for emphasis. It feels like they were so close to getting it right but they just had to throw that in there like theirs some way to say wifey as a slur. I mean I can't think of one.

TheDevilYouKnow69 · 2020-02-24T19:10:30+00:00

What. Ever. I call mine my waifu. She loves it.

gunpackingcrocheter · 2020-02-24T16:33:13+00:00

So offensive that many women buy clothes that say “wifey” on them.

jagenigma · 2020-02-24T16:28:11+00:00

Who the hell ever thought wifey was condescending?

Aqedah · 2020-02-24T14:30:37+00:00

Yeah maybe in Scotland... but even just over the border here in the North East, it is used but is in no way dergotary.

MingSushi · 2020-02-24T17:44:22+00:00

So I can call my husband hubby as a way of affection but him calling me “Wifey” is offensive? How does that work- Oh right I keep forgetting! Whenever a man comes up with an affectionate name like “Wifey” or “Waifu” to describe is partner, it’s seen as an insult to women (Because at this point what isn’t?) meanwhile when a woman does it to her male partner, it’s completely fine with no offense because...? Men aren’t as sensitive as the women? Because that’s what I get from stuff like this?

2020-02-24T16:05:23+00:00

Are we talking about the same wifey? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

goodmod · 2020-02-24T21:28:54+00:00

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SharedRegime · 2020-02-24T17:11:37+00:00

Wait really? I always call me wife wifey as a cute nickname.

andrew5793 · 2020-02-24T21:24:53+00:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again the word hubby makes me want to violently vomit all over anyone who says it

the_late_miss_keisha · 2020-02-24T21:29:17+00:00

Aww man I think it's how it's used in context...cause I think itd be adorable if my husband called me wifey

binrobinro · 2020-02-24T22:02:24+00:00

I thought wifey was a good thing, the same thing as hubby.. Rip

truth-informant · 2020-02-25T00:17:30+00:00

Both words are terms of endearment.

Gentlemen, this is a war of language. The people doing things like this are actively engaging in doublespeak.

fogoticus · 2020-02-25T01:10:00+00:00

It's the first time in my life when I heard wifey is offensive.

That was 100% written by some butthurt dumb woman who feels a pseudo condescending tone when hearing the word being pronounced. Holy fuck this is stupid.

I saw the word being so widely used and NOT ONCE was it offensive or distantly offensive. This is 100% the hand of someone who just likes victimizing as much as physically possible. And that is fucking stupid and fucking sad.

EverlyBlue · 2020-02-24T16:08:17+00:00

I liked being called wifey. I thought it was cute.

waltermittty · 2020-02-24T18:31:55+00:00

Neither is offensive, but both are cringy af.

that_other_guy_ · 2020-02-24T19:47:41+00:00

Can we stop pretending that absolutely everything needs to be equal? Wifey isnt an offensive term imo but for instance, calling a woman a cunt is more offensive in the states then a man a dick. That's fine. Just like a white person being called a cracker isnt as offensive as calling a black person the N word. Not everything needs to completely equal. That's how you end up with women in jobs men are more qualified for usually and vice versa

StalineSexSlave2 · 2020-02-24T17:55:27+00:00

Well I disagree with this one : words have origins and background, they can be used differently and it’s not necessarily about double standards but more of the way it is used

Jack1jack2 · 2020-02-24T16:41:21+00:00

Oh okay. I’ll just refer to her as old an uneducated from now on

HisDrunk · 2020-02-24T17:00:36+00:00

What about if she’s not a wife?

BlueWolf107 · 2020-02-24T19:07:15+00:00

I actually wouldn’t mind being called hubby. It’s just short for husband.

bonkurwife · 2020-02-24T21:16:24+00:00

It’s kinda like that thing where you call your dog “my boy” but “ my man” would be awkward.

I feel like if I said “that’s my wifey over there!” I’d sound like an idiot.

But if women say “oh that’s my hubby over there”

It sort of just sounds natural for them.

dtyler86 · 2020-02-24T22:18:39+00:00

So... can boo and shorty be sufficed?

iluvbigblackducks · 2020-02-24T23:58:05+00:00

meanwhile the chinese cranking that

PrekaereLage · 2020-02-25T00:05:00+00:00

See also:\ Online dictionaries on whether referring to someone by their genitals is ok or not (obviously extremely fair).\ Noticed that some time ago.\ And no, as of this post, there's no warning for dick, and these are just the first examples I looked at, didn't select them specifically. Don't know if there's examples of it being handled differently.\ Edit: Had a short disagreement with someone on r/feminism about this at some point, I just recalled.

Wade856 · 2020-02-25T02:05:47+00:00

I've always seen that word as a term of endearment, not only towards wives but also long term or serious girlfriends. Never have I met anyone who was offended by the term, wifey. It's a label that anyone who was called it embraced.

Whoever feels offended by that term must be a woman that has rarely been in an involved enough relationship to have been thought of affectionately in any terms.

Greg_W_Allan · 2020-02-25T03:05:26+00:00

Ladies, get back to me when you've finished seeking sexism in every micron of material in the universe. I have better things to do than listening to you lot whinging all day long.

point5_ · 2020-02-25T03:25:41+00:00

I might be dumb but I don’t see what’s wrong

duncedude · 2020-02-25T04:43:11+00:00

Where is this definition coming from? If it's from Google top page that's a problem.

AxDanger · 2020-02-26T05:40:54+00:00

This is why I refer to my wife as “Devil Woman”

KlosarNiKola · 2020-02-24T16:57:06+00:00

Wifey is cute not offensive

Khufu2589 · 2020-02-24T17:45:20+00:00

Culture of outrage in action.

Synanon · 2020-02-24T14:54:19+00:00

Somewhat tangential anecdote, but my wife and I use dating apps together to pick up women and I call her wifey all the time using phrasing like “Wifey thinks you’re gorgeous.”

Never received negative feedback or offense from it. Think this is a case of the overweight edgelord SJW changing shit on the internet and the real world has ignored it or is unaware of their delusional definitions.

horonlapsi · 2020-02-24T13:07:51+00:00

I dont get it

Mar_Ci · 2020-02-24T20:01:16+00:00

I'm not a native English speaker but in my experience "hubby" is most often used as a synonym for "cuck" while "wifey" is a kind diminutive.

nietzschemaanav · 2020-02-24T15:01:08+00:00

I don't know if wifey is offensive (English is my third language), but in general it's not true. For example, cracker and n****r. You can be lenient towards cracker because it's a weak ass slur.

Jonh_Doe- · 2020-02-24T16:11:41+00:00

wait, words have different use?

IM SHOCKED!

Title	Double standards
Author	isohell
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Date	February 24, 2020 10:57 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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