'progressive' left terminology intentionally inflammatory?

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It's like they're trying to use terms that are as inflammatory and ambiguous as possible.

'Rape culture' is somehow an applicable term for a country in which rape is a criminal offence. If they want to discuss the issue of rape, by all means go for it, but why refer to it as a culture as if people in droves are discussing rape like it's a positive thing?

'Toxic masculinity' is meant to be the 'toxic' aspects of masculinity? I'm sure they'd jump on anyone who tried to coin the term 'toxic femininity' to describe the female equivalent and yell 'misogynist'.

'Gender pay gap' as of they're talking about the differences in wages between men and women doing the same work. It's pretty well-established that it's mostly an earnings gap.

Are these people terming these things the way they are to be inflammatory in an attempt to get discussions started about these things or what? Why are their terms so ridiculous?

Don't forget all the delightful little terms with "man" as a prefix i.e. "mansplaining", "manspreading" etc.

I have the same problem with the "rape culture". Rape is not only a criminal offence but also rapists are condemned by other men, they get hell in prisons form their fellow inmates. Am I living in a totally different culture than the articles I read come from?

All groups use intentionally inflammatory rhetoric. It's a well-established tactic for winning people over, although of course can backfire.

People condemn rape in the abstract, but often justify it in certain circumstances, and there are many components of our society which make it easier to get away with rape. A large percentage of people think that women deserve some blame if they get raped while wearing revealing clothing, for example.

Yes, there are toxic elements to masculinity, that's plain for us all to see and I don't see why people get upset at the suggestion. If you successfully pin down toxic elements to femininity, and condemn them as strongly as you condemn toxic masculinity, then I'm sure feminists would support that - they tend to be pretty big critics of all gender roles, after all.

I'm not seeing what's more inflammatory about "pay gap" than "earnings gap"? On the face of it, those seem to mean the same thing. I think you're talking about technical distinctions rather than emotional ones - people use "wages" and "earnings" interchangeably in casual conversation and aren't going to get more riled up by one than the other. It would be better if you said that figures around 21% or whatever are unduly inflammatory when the true gap is more like 8%. Even then, I think the extra unpaid work that women do, and the underpayment of jobs coded as "female", means that discussion of the higher number shouldn't immediately be dismissed. We value men's work more than women's work, and while that's sometimes rational, it isn't always.

Many times, what is seen as being "toxic" is but a subjective impression.

There might be people who believe it's "toxic masculinity" if you enjoy watching football.

There might be people who believe it's "toxic femininity" if a woman takes an hour to make up her face every day.

I don't believe there is any "condition" where rape is acceptable.

It is always a serious felony, with a 25-year max prison sentence (in NY State)--no matter if the woman was dressed "provocatively" or not. Or if she followed the guy into a hotel room, and she didn't consent to the sexual contact.

Nothing cited in the original post comes close, in offensiveness, to terms like "cuck", "liberal", "snowflake", or "FemiNazi".

Which, of course, is obvious - and was obvious before the post was created. Dobry Dyen, Tovarischi. The only way to win this game is not to play it.

Of course, they do it. But it is far from a progressive left tactic. "Cuck", "socialist", "feminazi" are some the right uses.

"Cuck" is the greatest term of all time.

Nah, it isnt just old people who use "snowflake". I use snowflake when I come across people who exaggerate themselves so much that it is obvious that they are trying to look special.