Talk:shitwork

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shitwork

Sense: (feminism) Thankless, demoralizing work, as traditionally assigned to females in society.

I think the term is used much more widely and is understood as "Work of low status or satisfaction.", which sense is cited with a wide range of non-feminist book uses. There seems to be either PoV-pushing or just a lapse in logic (Women often get assigned shitwork, therefore shitwork is a feminist term.). DCDuring TALK 02:48, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree, I don’t consider shitwork to imply a particular gender. ~ Robin (talk) 04:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Another possibility is that the editor is in a speech environment where shitwork wouldn't otherwise be used, so they only hear the term from feminists. I believe the sheep/cow/swine vs. mutton/beef/pork distinction is based on a similar sort of coincidental alignment of sociopolitical and lexical distribution. Chuck Entz (talk) 07:04, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

But Wiktionary isn't about production, it's about understanding. At least I thought our target users were normal humans trying to understand what they heard or read. Writers would need a lot more help, for which we provide hints in the form of usage examples, citations, etymology, and a large list of senses. For normal speech our content is not timely with current technology (heads-up displays? implants?). DCDuring TALK 16:30, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Reminds me of bitchwork but although possibly having origins used to refer to women's work they seem to be used as comparatives and to refer to undesirable work in its actual usage, so let's delete it.Lucifer (talk) 23:49, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Delete --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 02:27, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Deleted. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 02:53, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. Let me add that I have no feminist agenda but had never seen the term used outside that context. Equinox ◑ 00:21, 18 August 2012 (UTC)