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[–][deleted] 21 insightful - 3 fun21 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

No, I say tits if I'm being lewd and breasts otherwise. I may occasionally say boobs for something casual in between the two, but I don't really like that word either. "Boobies" has never come out of my mouth.

I have heard women use it as a joke though and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the doormat women on AL adopt it, along with a lot of the other cutesy language.

The way they talk about their own bodies is so alienating.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I say tits if I'm being lewd

Same, "tits" feels lewd to me.

I have heard women use it as a joke though and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the doormat women on AL adopt it, along with a lot of the other cutesy language.

I think this might be it. I went to look at the profiles of people saying "boobies" on AL and while some were trans, some were not (and the ones not were overwhelmingly quite young, so perhaps they picked it up there?).

The way they talk about their own bodies is so alienating.

Agreed. It really weirds me out.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I feel like I never like words for sexual / sexualized body parts, so I'm not crazy about "tits" either, but it sounds very lecherous and I really only use it when I'm being a lech, sooo...

I theoretically wouldn't care about sharing internet space with transwomen because it's not like I'm on reddit to find a girlfriend, so what do I care? But they just don't assimilate and their posts are so frequently weird and off putting, and even worse, it seems like they set the tone more than the actual lesbians do, at least in AL. The girls that post there just wind up sounding more like them than they wind up sounding like lesbians.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The way they talk about their own bodies is so alienating.

Agreed. It really weirds me out.

It reminds me of stories of little boys talking about discovering their pee-pees. Of course it's going to be awkward and they are going to use baby language. But I don't want a grown-ass adult approaching me with the same mentality of childish, narcissistic fascination while using baby words. How gross.