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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It drives me nuts that these are terms only women use, and that this manner of speaking is very transparently something women do to appear cute/non-threatening/charming.

I know some of you are going to say "that's not why I do it, I just like it," but it's baby talk and women use baby talk intentionally to make themselves appear helpless and cute. It is really grating.[/quote]

It bothers me that you think that it's specific to women, and also that you can police it.  Treating women like adult means not lecturing them on their word choice.  Your misogyny shows. [/quote]

Treating women like adults means holding them accountable when they use cutesy baby talk. If men spoke this way, and especially if they did it specifically to make themselves look cute and non-threatening, we'd also criticize them.

If you want to be treated like an adult, try speaking like one. A grown up doesn't say crap like "ooooh, the hubs and I love that place, we can't wait to take the littles there next vacay!" That is the language of a freaking idiot.[/quote]

No, if men used it you wouldn't decide it was cutesy, or that the person was an idiot or not an adult.  You would decide it was a legitimate word.   You're already misogynist so when a woman does something you think it must be idiotic.

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Wrong.[/quote]

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