• @jordanlund
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    73 months ago

    How do you explain to your kids what you mean by “Hoe”?

    • TheLowestStone
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      123 months ago

      That’s a really easy one. A hoe (with the “e”) is a gardening tool mostly used for digging narrow trenches, shaping soil, and weeding.

      It’s a really good thing those shirts didn’t say “Ho” because that’s way more complicated and should probably include a lesson on why “slut shaming” is wrong.

      • @[email protected]
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        63 months ago

        I think you’re missing the racism angle on calling a black woman a ho, but maybe it’s good that that’s not obvious anymore.

        • TheLowestStone
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          3 months ago

          Well, i was mostly just making a joke but the racism falls into the “more complicated” part of explaining the meaning and origin of the word ho to a kid. I think we’re both on the same page in thinking that if you did have to explain that shirt to a child, it’s important to educate them on why it’s wrong to call someone that.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      I sadly expect that some common answers are “shut the fuck up” and “she’s just another n—- whore.”