Comments on: Snoop Dogg ain’t no old-ass white man

By: Pacifist Viking

Pacifist Viking — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:44:24 +0000

That’s a little like LenDale White asking Esera Tuaolo, “Is it OK if I call you a f—– if you are a f—–?” Uh…no.

The entire concept of the “gold digging” woman is offensive. The woman is considered immoral for using sex/marriage to gain access to the man’s money, while no blame is is directed at the man for how he is gaining access to the woman’s body.

By: Fornelli

Fornelli — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:23:50 +0000

In the interest of scientific research, I went out and called 50 random women a ho.

49 of them were rather upset by it, and the other one was my mom.

By: PostmanE

PostmanE — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:06:29 +0000

Flubby:

I can agree with that. I don’t think calling girls “hos” or “bitches” in rap songs is nearly as bad as what Imus did, which is to identifying a select group of women and offend them both racially and sexually.

That said, the word in and of itself is probably offensive in any context. Maybe less offensive in some contexts than others, but offensive to women nonetheless.

By: flubby

flubby — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:58:07 +0000

Surely there is a difference, perhaps only a matter of degree, between generally referring to to “some ho’s” in the context of a rap song and specifically identifying the women on the Rutgers’ basketball team.