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| • | The following is a list of sexual slurs that are, or have been, used to refer to members of a given sexual minority, gender, sex, or sexual orientation in a derogatory or pejorative manner. Each term is listed, followed by its definition, usage, and origin. Not all terms on the list are considered equally offensive.
Many of these terms are used more widely than would be imagined based on their "definition"; for example, gay may be used as a term of disparagement to refer to any person or thing the speaker thinks is stupid. The key here is that the person using the slur intends to harm the person so labeled by associating them with a sexual minority. The motivation for using a sexual slur is often sexism and/or bias against a sexual orientation.
As seen above with the term gay, words which at one point had predominantly positive connotations and came from the minority groups themselves are often eventually used against them as slurs. It is also not uncommon for members of minority groups to appropriate an originally disparaging term and use it for themselves, as an act of self-assertion. However, they may be extremely offended if it is used by members of the majority group. The word nigger is an example. Queer, on the other hand, has been re-claimed by many members of sexual minorities and is the term by which these individuals would prefer to be called, as long as it is in a respectful manner.
Some of the slurs used against women are also used against men, but with the addition of the qualifier male. So slut becomes male slut, and whore becomes male whore. These uses are problematic because they imply that being a woman is a normal characteristic of a slut or a whore, and thus when a man is a slut or whore it must be specified. Similarly, by common usage being a man is the implicit state of a prick and a female prick requires the specifier. See the article Non-sexist language for a discussion of related issues.
University of New England researcher David Plummer argues that the following anti-gay terms that often connote effeminate behavior are also used when young boys betray "peer group solidarity" or fail to, "measure up to 'hegemonic' boys' standards rather than necessarily being 'feminine'.
Source: [wikipedia: list of sexual slurs]
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