Calling Women "Darling, Dear, Love" etc.

[stigmata]

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I call most women in service jobs darlin' or sweetheart. Why would you feel awkward about this?

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Because it's condescending.

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They don't ever give any indication that they feel this way, but that could be because they want a tip. I live in Ohio, maybe it would be considered condescending where you live.

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quite often they will behind your back, certainly the case here in the UK

[Iconoclastic]

How did you people pick up these habits of calling women by those names? I'm just curious because growing up I never heard anyone around me use those words and thus I would never use them now.

[amplify]

I think I do it because my Grandpa did it. He was from the south. Honestly if it's a jerky thing to do, I'll stop.

[hoyasnaxa]

i call them box or slampig.

[mason55]

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I call most women in service jobs darlin' or sweetheart. Why would you feel awkward about this?

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Because it's condescending.

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They don't ever give any indication that they feel this way, but that could be because they want a tip. I live in Ohio, maybe it would be considered condescending where you live.

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quite often they will behind your back, certainly the case here in the UK

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definitely not the case in the midwestern united states.

esp considering most of the waitresses call the male customers "honey" or "darlin"

[guids]

usually Ill call them sweet [censored], but in a more formal setting Ill use sweater meat.

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esp considering most of the waitresses call the male customers "honey" or "darlin"

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yeah that happens here too, and is fine. I think it might largely be a feminist-related thing for those who have a problem with it. Probably don't get so many of those around the mid-west, i guess.

[traz]

I just say WOMAN in a deep manly voice, and occassionally sugar pie honey bunch when I'm in a sing-song mood

[samjjones]

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Toots.

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I also (sadly) hardly ever hear "dame" or "broad" anymore, either.

[gumpzilla]

I was always partial to "sugartits"

Sorry, Mel Gibson account, I could wait for you no longer.