Reclaim *beep* Why not the swastika or the peace sign?

Yeah, the *beep* monologue always bothered me too. *beep* has never had any positive conotations, and I've always considered it highly offensive.

"Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul."-Ovid

So...Buddhist Temples ought to take down their swastikas because someone else spoiled it? Words sounding like "chin chin" (phonetically spelled) mean a welcome to take part in a meal in Chinese, but in Japanese, it means "dick dick." Should the Chinese change their ways?

"Ma coeur et sa coeur toujours!"

~Remy, X-Treme X-Men #10~

C U N T

It's a word. The word is not what should be faulted, merely the context. I've had lovers use this word with reverance. I've heard people use it as an insult.

I don't blame the word. Any word or symbol can be twisted. It is only our submission to it, that allows it to stay that way.

Kudos to reclaiming C U N T

For the record, the peace sign was not "Nero's Cross." It was created for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the '50s. http://www.cnduk.org/pages/binfo/logo.html

If guys can be called d*cks, there's no reason women shouldn't be called *beep* and if it's unacceptable to use the latter it should not be acceptable to use the former either.
Saying it's a sign of inequality for a woman to be called that isn't paying attention to the facts.

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The difference is that the monologue is about the word being reclaimed by the people it was used against. By claiming it as our own, we destroy its power over us. This is nothing like the Buddhists reclaiming the swastika (which, by the way, they have a right to do. It was theirs first, after all). This is Jewish people reclaiming the Star of David. It's straight-A students reclaiming "nerd." You say the meaning of a thing should be allowed to change - the monologue isn't about taking C U N T back to its original meaning and stifling its change; it's about allowing it to change to fit the more feminine-accepting world we are making.

And on top of it all, please remember that the V Monologues aren't a statement of purpose for women everywhere or even for feminists everywhere. It's a series of snapshots of women. It celebrates their diversity It doesn't focus on what we already know and see every day, it allows the deepest, most hidden, most controversial things women have to say to be said on stage. This woman wants to reclaim C U N T. And the beauty of feminism is that you don't have to agree with her; you just have to acknowledge her opinion and not compare her to a racist for it.