Is "chick" a derogatory term for girls?

[Hitro]

After all it is usually brought up in a context that reduces them to their femaleness in an at least partially sexual way.

Have feminists already attacked the word?

 

[bobgote]

nah.



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[Hitro]

Is "gote" a derogatory term for male goats?

 

[JollyRoger]

Any woman that would object to the term is not what I would consider a "chick" anyway.

 

[Xanikk999]

Its not derogatory. If anything its a compliment. Im sure the ugly girls would like to hear that for once. However the good looking ones are just fed up with it.

Would you be offended if a chick called you a stud? I cant say i would be.

 

[Hitro]

Are you guys aware that there are feminists out there who regard "woman" to be a derogatory term for, well, women?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Chick is a term of endearement. Its jsut like saying dude or guy.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

I prefer "female specimen #(insert code number) of district (insert district name)" instead of “chick.”

So it would go something like this, "female specimen #00029476 of district number 37 has above average physical features. Let us commence with the mating ritual."

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Are you guys aware that there are feminists out there who regard "woman" to be a derogatory term for, well, women?

Considering how extreme the demand for political correctness sometimes goes nowadays, I'm saddened to say I am not surprised.

 

[Xanikk999]

Considering how extreme the demand for political correctness sometimes goes nowadays, I'm saddened to say I am not surprised.

I hate PC! I dropped my english class for many reasons. One of those reasons was because the professor was too politically correct.

I couldnt even use the word "mankind" in any of my reports.

 

[Swiss Bezerker]

Is dike an insulting term for men?

 

[Taliesin]

Are you guys aware that there are feminists out there who regard "woman" to be a derogatory term for, well, women?

Yes, the feminist movement as a whole seems to be woefully ignorant of English etymology, even beyond the fact that they're completely paranoid about dictating acceptable vocabulary.

 

[Kayak]

I don't know about how women view it now but it certainly used to be viewed as derogatory when the slang came into being.

 

[JollyRoger]

Are you guys aware that there are feminists out there who regard "woman" to be a derogatory term for, well, women?

When I hear this, I spout off a series of real derogatory terms and "woman" doesn't seem so bad anymore.

 

[Fifty]

It probably used to be, but now ***** has replaced chick. Anytime I refer to a girl I don't respect, or speak to a girl I don't like, I usually use "*****" or "whore" or sometimes I"ll throw in "******".

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When you're actually talking to a girl you like, respect, are friends with, or whatever, you sound like an IDIOT stuck about 10-15yrs ago when you call girls chicks. You certainly don't look cool.

 

[jonatas]

When you're actually talking to a girl you like, respect, are friends with, or whatever, you sound like an IDIOT stuck about 10-15yrs ago when you call girls chicks. You certainly don't look cool.

This is true.

 

[Taliesin]

I certainly don't ever use it to refer to women, I think it's a stupid and disrespectful term. But on a scale of derogatory appellations, it hardly registers, and I wouldn't attempt to censor its use by any means.

 

[shortguy]

I use it sometimes when girls aren't present, but I'd be careful using it in mixed company.

 

[El_Machinae]

I've gotten in trouble for using the word "gal" if that makes any sense.

 

[puglover]

"Chick" is only a derogatory term because of the context in which it is most used. Other slang words are used in good ways (X mentioned "stud"), and if the word chick was, I think it would be considered a compliment