The word that has come to replace she/her, used by clever,
college-educated men around a woman to make sexist jokes about it without its knowledge. The situation arose in response to way too many
crazy feminist elementary, middle and high school teachers who allowed young women to make constant, overt sexist jokes about men in the classroom, but who would practically pull their own hair out while threatening repercussions if a young man said anything sexist about women. Some women have caught on and have, in turn, tried to apply the word to men, but it'
s really obvious when it does.
It: Hey, guys. Want to go to a movie?
Man 1: Sure! Have you
seen (movie
title)?
Man 2: Yeah! I have.
Man 1: What do you think about it?
Man 2: It's funky, but I wouldn't pay to see it in a theater. I'd rather watch it at
home where I can kick back with my shoes off.
It (trembling, not knowing why): So, you don't want to go to the movies?