it always makes me cringe and a little nauseous. i 1000% prefer "underwear".
i cringe at it MUCH more when guys say it, rather than other women, especially in a sexual manner.
i feel like this could be something that stemmed from childhood since its the term my dad would always use and i just began to resent it more and more over time.
The biggest fight I've witnessed between my brother and SIL was over her and her family calling my toddler niece's underwear her "panties" lol
I remember as a kid fighting with my grandma about it too! She insisted girls have panties and I said it's underwear!! I think even then I was creeped out by the term because it seems to sexualize more. Like if you want to call it that for a mature woman go ahead, but why on a child??
Yes, there's just something icky and off about the word. Like its not offensive obviously, but its not a nice word. I prefer underwear, undies or knickers.
Me too! It's bc it's used as a derogatory remarkβ¦.keep your panties onβ¦it was a pantie dropperβ¦lame work now
Panties sounds creepy and borderline paedophilic to me.
Yeah the word just feels creepy
I hate hate HATE that word. I'm a grown butt woman - I wear underwear, not "panties". "Undies" mayyyyybe. "Briefs" or "drawers" are fine, though. The P word is infantilizing.
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How do people still argue over semantic word choices after "r-slur" was replaced with "special" and even a toddler could see why these arguments are completely worthless?
Theyre mad at the intent anyways, if men started using the word underwear in dirty talk, or if theyre parents had said "pick up your dirty underwear" instead of "pick up your dirty panties" theyd hate that word too
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What they can't stand is their lack of control of people and their thoughts. It's literally the most frustrating thing in their lives.
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Biggest TRVTHNVKE in this thread.
Whenever you see some broad complaining about "objectification" with regards to fictional characters it's purely about controlling thoughts.
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