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i’m going to make a thread on why non lesbians cannot say dyke because it’s getting weird.
let’s start, the word dyke has been speculated to have many different origins but one i kept seeing was that the word dyke was used to refer masculine homosexual women for looking like men with the original term being “bulldyke” later shortened to dyke
the word dyke was used in many different novels to put down lesbian women for how they dressed (specifically butch lesbians) and who they loved as we all know at that time homosexuality was a crime.
this word was used by not only straight people but homosexual men who wanted to put lesbians down for sometimes dressing like them and so it became a slur as it was used against lesbians for their lack of attraction to men and attraction to women.
i will repeat, this slur origins from LACK of attraction to men AND attraction to women. the slur was created to specifically put down lesbians for their attraction and lack of attraction. this doesn’t mean it couldn’t be used against any other sexuality’s but this is the origin.
an origin of a slur is very improtant for its use in present day. the slur dyke was used to oppress lesbians for their lack of attraction to men and attraction to women, so why would a non lesbian say a slur that by definition means lesbian?
