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INTEREST: Hello Kitty Dictionary Gets Axed Over Murderous Description


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zeo1fan



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:30 am Reply with quote
kenway wrote:

@Ryu Shoji
The definition is incorrect but it isn't sexist. To say it was sexist would imply that men and women are impacted equally by sexism. In other words, it doesn't go both ways.


Hear that? It's the sound of a double standard.
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Ryu Shoji



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:33 am Reply with quote
kenway wrote:

@Ryu Shoji
The definition is incorrect but it isn't sexist. To say it was sexist would imply that men and women are impacted equally by sexism. In other words, it doesn't go both ways.

From the Dictionary.com definition of "sexism":

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attitudes or behavior based on traditional stereotypes of sexual roles.


So as the definition is a display of sexism, it's a sexist definition.

Also, how does it suggest that men and women are impacted equally by sexism? Sure, one gender experiences sexism far more than another, but that's no reason to use the incorrect belief that the lack of it happening in equal measure is justification for denying its existence entirely.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:05 am Reply with quote
I think he's implying that since in most rapes the victim is female and the perpetrator male, it's magically not sexist to leave the other sex out for each role, since prison rape isn't a thing.

On another note, Merriam-Webster doesn't include the South African definition of "necklace".
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:35 am Reply with quote
Buy one quick before it's pulled as this is now a collectors' item and will be worth way more than the RRP.

Kadmos1 wrote:
The "rape" definition used the meaning that it's a man having sex with a woman against her will? Sheesh, they could've updated to mean having sex with a person against their will.
Ah, well you have to know to that the definition word for the opposite of that is "result". Wink

I wonder what they'd find in "F" and "C"?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:17 am Reply with quote
I, Uh, actually didn't know that definition of "necklace" until I read this article. Well, that's gruesome!
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:23 am Reply with quote
Agent355 wrote:
I, Uh, actually didn't know that definition of "necklace" until I read this article. Well, that's gruesome!
It only means that in SA, so I don't get why it's even in that dictionary unless it was published specifically for South Africa.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:57 pm Reply with quote
That went from "kawaii" to "kowaii".
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:54 pm Reply with quote
There is only one reason that second definition of the word 'necklace' was in there. Sabotage, pure and simple.
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bin1127



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:45 pm Reply with quote
I can understand how parents would not expect hello kitty to contain such description but shouldn't due prop be given to the people who compiled such a thorough and comprehensive dictionary? It's like urbandictionary on paper.
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Snomaster1
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:15 am Reply with quote
To be honest,I think the "Hello Kitty Dictionary" needs some work. The "necklace" definition was a little unnecessary though. This was supposed to have been for kids. Hello Kitty may be cute but her dictionary should have been better edited.
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StudioToledo



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:35 pm Reply with quote
zeo1fan wrote:
Hoppy800 wrote:
Hello Kitty and rape shouldn't even be present in the merchandise. It just sounds wrong.


On top of that, they gender the crime, which is no good.

Tell that to Japan! (ba-da-BING!) Confused

eternalblue81 wrote:
Where did they even get these definitions? I'm surprised that any current dictionary would gender rape as only being committed by men. Necklaces are only worn by women? Rolling Eyes

It does feel like it's 1978 all over again.

Agent355 wrote:
I, Uh, actually didn't know that definition of "necklace" until I read this article. Well, that's gruesome!

Don't tell your kids what a barber was during the Middle Ages. Wink
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