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using this carrd as a source?
why this carrd’s information on the d slur is not to be trusted: http://lgbtwords.carrd.co
why this carrd’s information on the d slur is not to be trusted: http://lgbtwords.carrd.co
first, almost all of this is false information. the d slur’s purpose was not to target a lack of attraction to men, and this carrd used to not have any sources...but it does now! so let’s look at them to see if there’s anything to back this up.
the first source leads you to a wikipedia page of the word. i’m assuming it was meant for the slur instead so let’s go there.
here is the wikipedia page for the d slur, the first source. nowhere on this page is “lack of attraction to men” mentioned. you can look for yourself: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_(slang)
if you think that since it it says it means “lesbian” that it implies it’s for those without attraction to men, i’ve made a separate thread explaining why it does not imply this.
so far, the first source does not support any of the information in the carrd. in fact, no information from this source was used in the carrd, so i’m not 100% sure why it was cited.
but there’s still hope! let’s look at the second source: https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-dyke-2171262
but there’s still hope! let’s look at the second source: https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-dyke-2171262
this is all that there is. it’s short but easier to see that again, nowhere is “lack of attraction to men” mentioned.
all of this information is true! but once again, for some reason, none of this information was used in the carrd. the carrd did not mention any of these origins, just “lack of attraction to men”...which is not in this source. i do not know why this was cited.
this is the third source: https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/dyke
all of this information is true! but again, nowhere is “lack of attraction to men” mentioned. only masculinity in women and other questioned origins. you can take a look but i will include some of this article.
all of this information is true! but again, nowhere is “lack of attraction to men” mentioned. only masculinity in women and other questioned origins. you can take a look but i will include some of this article.
since this source mentions the theory that the word arose in American Black slang, i’m guessing it was for the end part of the carrd that says it may be aave. the end of the source mentions the uncertainty of the true origin of the slur.
those were the sources on origins, and so far, the only thing that these sources have confirmed about the carrd is that the slur may be aave. i would really like to know why these sources were cited if no information from the two others were used in the carrd.
there is a fourth source, though. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=engl_facpubs i read it and once again everything here is true, but no information from the carrd is found here.
and finally, out of the accounts linked that took part in writing this carrd, only one link worked, so i contacted the person. i let them know that it was misinformation and i received no response. it’s been 10 days at the time of writing this.
im not sure if it wasn’t seen or was ignored, but since no sources back up the claim of the carrd, i am being led to believe that they are aware that it’s false information, since they could not find a source that proved it.
i do not know about the other sections of the carrd, but for this particular page, do not believe any of it.
