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I find it extremely rude and offensive even if I'm lesbian...I just hate the word

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  1. MyNameIsQ - 22-25 years old - male

    Posted by MyNameIsQ Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    I have never been called a dyke, and I would indeed find it rude and offensive if I were so called.

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  2. FreakDash - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by FreakDash Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:12AM

    Depends on the situation. I am never called dyke, I get called "sir"'.

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  3. wuliheron - 51-55 years old

    Posted by wuliheron Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:02AM

    Being male and of not even remotely Dutch ancestry, no.

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  4. jatpack3 - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by jatpack3 Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    Not if my name was dyke.......how would a guy like to be called **** Van Dyke?

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  5. BamPow - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by BamPow Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    I've never been called that.

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  6. Cosreal - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by Cosreal Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    nope. I've been called dyke and butch growing up. I'm not a lesbian.

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  7. HeavenXD - 13-15 years old - female

    Reply by HeavenXD Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:51PM

    Oh I've never been called butch but that's prob cus I'm known as a "lipstick lesbian"

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  8. QueenIzabella - 56-60 years old

    Posted by QueenIzabella Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    No, because no one's ever called me that.

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  9. grayday104 - 22-25 years old - male

    Posted by grayday104 Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    I wouldn't know

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  10. someonegotmyname - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by someonegotmyname Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:47AM

    I would be offended, because I am very feminine. I can't see insulting anyone by name-calling. I think it's a lot of high school juvenile bullcrap.

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  11. HeavenXD - 13-15 years old - female

    Reply by HeavenXD Dec 18th, 2012 at 1:00AM

    Ya I am to and I guess so btw I'm in middle school

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  12. someonegotmyname - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by someonegotmyname Dec 18th, 2012 at 1:06AM

    At least you put yourself above it. Some people mature early, and some don't ever mature! : )

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  13. Rennn - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by Rennn Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:37AM

    I wouldn't be offended if someone called me that, as I'm male. Having said that, I get offended for other people when I hear someone say it.

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  14. crazychica369 - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by crazychica369 Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:27AM

    I have never been called one but I don't like it at all..same with lesbo.I never call gay/lesbians ******,flammer,queer,homo,fudge packer,lesbo,dyke,carpet mucher,butch,etc I think they are disrespectful.

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  15. bijouxbroussard - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by bijouxbroussard Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:08AM

    Yes, because that's generally how it's been meant when I've heard it used.

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  16. GnatFree - 22-25 years old

    Posted by GnatFree Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:01AM

    I call myself one sometimes. But only when someone makes a disparaging comment about gays. I use the shock of calling myself that (or a f*ggot) to illustrate my extreme displeasure at their comment. It's far more useful in person as when punctuated by a hard glare and snappy head **** usually serves to fix their attitude. And if not...Well.

    Let's just say there's more than one reason why my boots are so scuffed up.

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  17. benetal - 70+ years old

    Posted by benetal Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:01AM

    I think it is rude, disrespectful and ugly ( i am hetero") A dyke is a structure built of earth (i think)+ used to keep back the sea in Holland.

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  18. xena2 - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by xena2 Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:58PM

    depends on the context if it is another lesbian using that term it is seldom offensive much like afro americans using the n word on each other

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  19. HeavenXD - 13-15 years old - female

    Reply by HeavenXD Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:00AM

    Ya but its mostly guys that call me and my friends that

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  20. Fuzzies - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by Fuzzies Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:52PM

    Nope. Really don't care. Got asked if I was one in eighth grade. Brushed it off, because I could probably score hotter girls than he could.

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  21. HeavenXD - 13-15 years old - female

    Reply by HeavenXD Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:54PM

    Haha ya I mean I don't find it offensive if someone asks if I am I just find it offensive if they say it without knowing if I am

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  22. GwydionFrost - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by GwydionFrost Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:51PM

    I prefer "levee", myself.

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  23. Martha45 - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by Martha45 Dec 17th, 2012 at 11:50PM

    I do not like that word at all but I don't like labels of any kind so it's just the way I am.

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