Hit me with your PC stick: Breeders

[stephbg]

[Poll #1365260]

I might point out that the appropriate term for breeding females here would be "queens" :-)

Granted, the fathers often get the short end of the nomenclature stick with "tom" for example, (or "lunch") but perhaps we could go for the more flattering "sire".

Comments

Surprised!

[rdmasters.livejournal.com]

I am only familiar with it as a derogatory term from the gay community - applied equally to straights of either gender.

Hearing it as a specific description of one whose has carried a child is shocking in the sense that it breaks my preconceptions of the term in that context.

Congratulations on your very own 'shock-jock' moment.

Re: Surprised!

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

If you look very carefully I never specified female only. Everyone seems to have ignored the whole queen/sire thing too, which is informative in itself.

Re: Surprised!

[rdmasters.livejournal.com]

Good point!

Now that you mention it, it is very much a "D'oh!" moment, having had that pointed out.

Unconscious prejudging is still prejudice, isn't it? Indeed, it is the most insidious and difficult to deal with.

(Goes off to ponder.)