Lesbian History : The Origin Of The Slur "D¥ke":🧵
Whenever we are talking about the history of the slur "D¥ke", it is associated with Lesbians and originated from Black American Vocabulary.
So First off, what is "D¥ke" and what does it mean ?
Whenever we are talking about the history of the slur "D¥ke", it is associated with Lesbians and originated from Black American Vocabulary.
So First off, what is "D¥ke" and what does it mean ?
Historically speaking, the usage of the word d¥ke has a very big origin in Black culture, as this word and it's predecessor word "Bulld¥ke", "Bull Dagger", "Bull B*tch" etc are often found and was first used in Black American Literature:
However, the slur d¥ke also might have associations with the term "Hermaphrodite" or "Morphodite", which suggests the transphobic and de-gendering origin of this word.
However, in some cases, the word might cheekily refer to a sort of maligned definition of female genitalia, which might explain why this word has an origin in sexual degradation :
End of thread. I hope this thread was able to give you some insight about the history of this word. Link of the article I took these from :
jstor.org/stable/454909
jstor.org/stable/454909
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