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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
eta - hey, how many of you fraternity men object to the term "frat" - a far less loaded term?
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I almost used this in my post to illustrate the idea that people can be deeply offended by a term that was considered neutral by the user.
Obviously, I think the connotation of "sorostitute" is much worse than "frat"; one's an abbreviation and the other involves the word "prostitute," so a user of "sorostitute" can't claim to be clueless when people are offended.
But the degree to which a listener is offended may not be the best measure of what a speaker intended or feels.
I'd, of course, agree that it should be avoided during rush and maybe forever.
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