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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I feel like women hear one other woman get triggered by a normal word and instead of making fun of her they all adopt her neurosis as well.
This is what happens when you have no real problems but need to feel like you do.
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It's this bizarre feeling of having to fit in and validate eachother
It goes back to how boys and girls bully. Boys bully you to your face, which gives a chance for lessons in standing up for yourself. Girls bully in a way where they don't even realized it's been happening until none of their friends are talking to them, so they're alot more afraid of rocking the boat
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