First of all, we should be aware that we live in patriarchal societies all over the world, where women are segregated and devalued, and that this mindset is deeply ingrained in the 🧠 consciousness of most men. Using a word that is generally derogatory toward women reinforces precisely this power dynamic.
In German the common meaning of "Fotze" is cunt in the meaning of a vulgar name for a vulva and/or a term of abuse for a woman. But in some German idioms (i.e. Bavarian) it has a different (and non-sexual!) meaning of "Maul" for chops/maw.
It's no great problem to use "Fotze" in an explicit local context where such a idiom is mainly used. But even there it is a problem if it's used toward a woman. And it should not be used outside of such a context, as it would then have only the meaning mentioned above.
I know that "cunt" is often used to insult 🍆 men, even outside of UK an Ireland. But in any case, it has a sexual connotation - for men explicitly to degrade them to a devalued person "like women" - and this is reproducing the patriarchy.
Another example of the reproduction of violent patriarchal dynamics is the use of the phrase “Fuck ...”: This implies (and implies) sexual violence—an incitement to rape the person being insulted:
👉 https://solidarrevolution.noblogs.org/files/2026/03/Sprachkritik_II.pdf (german)
Bus stop ad in London with Elon Musk in tuxedo with his arms out and smiling with a fuchsia background with rainbows. stars, flowers, a flying unicorn kitten, and the caption, "If you have a trillion dollars in a world where children are starving, you’ve not a visionary, you're just a cunt."
Out of genuine interest, where would you post it or hang it?
@Use118 @nlupo @streetartutopia
I don't hate Elon. Don't know the guy or care enough to hate him. However, I do think he's an @sshole. The guy seems like a complete tool.
Bus stop ad in London with Elon Musk in tuxedo with his arms out, smiling with a fuchsia background with rainbows. stars, flowers, a flying unicorn kitten, and the caption, "If you have a trillion dollars in a world where children are starving, you’ve not a visionary, you're just a cunt."
@NakedOldDude @streetartutopia
Yeah, because America rules all ethics.
@jerrej @NakedOldDude @streetartutopia
What are you even talking about? That cunt is South African.
I would not use any sexually connoted expression as insult. Especially since that filthy, greedy, antisocial Creep gives you so many (see above) chances for insults that are more fitting for that lunatic.
@new_zealands_hamilton @streetartutopia
You forgot the /s ?
what is a cunt?
ah ok then i do not like to use the term to call this slimehole a slimehole
@ElGrossKotzo @streetartutopia
I prefer the original term for aesthetic reasons, but in a way, biologically that is what it is.
@RiaResists Especially after you said you’d fund it if the UN showed exactly how $6.6B could help save 42M people from starvation.
They did.
Then you moved the goalposts and acted like they hadn’t.
All over a tiny fraction of your wealth. 🤑