October 28, 2010
5:15pm
My boyfriend was telling me last night about how he needs to get a "wife beater" for his halloween costume. I always cringe at the word that is so commonly thrown around for this type of undershirt. It is such an ugly thing to be so comfortable saying. I told him how much I hate the use of that work and he replied "yeah, the actual name for those shirts is A Frame". After talking about language and word use for a little bit, he agreed that we need to rethink they way we use words. I was so inspired by last week's writing assignment and what everyone had read in class that I told him advocacy starts with one person and I want to be that one person who get's him to change his way of thinking about language. I really believe that just changing one person's word choice is a start to taking away this ugly slang for a men's tank top undershirt. I am happy to say I spoke up and changed the mind of one person.
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