Projects like this tend to grow beyond their original scope and sometimes have strange baggage as a result. The Z, too, suggests edginess.Ĭircling back to the professionalism angle, I expect that will the industry take us seriously with this name? was not on the minds of the Gearslutz founders when they created it. I don't know the history of the actual site - so maybe it was founded by women? - but I expect that the name, like so many other internet things, is a result of people trying to be edgy rather than someone reclaiming a derogatory word used against their social group. If, for example, a group of women who were into audio gear got together and named their group Gearslutz, I don't see any issues with that (though it would still come across as somewhat unprofessional) because it's effectively the reclaiming of a derogatory term that is used almost exclusively against women. In discussing whether the term slut is offensive in this context, I think it good to keep in mind what the nature of the group using the term is. Up front disclaimer: I am not and have never been a Gearslutz member. Don't feel restricted to that, though, so if there are other things you've been itching to say along these same lines (what it's like to be a woman in this forum/business/hobby or whatever), please feel free. So the question at hand is whether the Gearslutz name bothers you, and if so, does it bother you enough that you think they should change it. I know that's a little controlling of me, but this is a topic where some people's opinions are indeed more important than others, and since VI-C is such a similar forum to Gearslutz, we have a unique opportunity to get meaningful opinions. Ideally these opinions would be uninfluenced by other people's opinions, so "No Dudes Allowed!" and please no other threads on this topic until this one has had a few days. and schizophrenically, they're in both directions,) I think it would be useful to hear from the women here first. So before we get a zillion opinions from us dudes (I certainly have mine. ", but then I realized I don't really know what they would say. I was talking with my wife last night about the petition to change the name of the Gearslutz website, and I found myself starting to say, "My guess is that most of the women on VI-Control would say.
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