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Originally Posted by Patricia
Ah, but it's different when a group chooses to use the pejorative term themselves, in an attempt to reclaim it.
A number of gay groups have called themselves "queer".
A feminist theatre company has called itself "Monstrous Regiment".
So, while a stratum of American youth use the term, I don't think that it would be polite if I used it.
Similarly, only Irish people have carte blanche to tell Irish jokes etc.
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Well I guess my New York Attitude has many things to do with it. But there are no taboo words in the general vocabulary. no taboo subjects, many people can feel one way or the other, but most people agree as long as you are not a racist/sexist/otherist you can talk about any subject with impunity, most people who are racists/sexists usually keep their mouth shut.
Also as a member of the UK I don't see how you can feel Americas shame in the subject, and hope you don't, like I said, try to walk on egg shells around certain people. It is possible to respectfully talk about a subject and not feel any shame.
Anyway, Back onto the topic, my Girlfriend in College was Assigned Jane Eyre today in school and I had to bring up this topic (I read it in high school)