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Yes. There are also plenty of people who are OK with being insensitive, or with offending half their userbase. And that's their choice.

But at the same time, giving the author a heads-up that they might inadvertently sort themselves in that group is, I think, a kindness.



It's more along the lines of BOOGER or URINE than being insensitive or offensive. Some names are good and some are not. A name like that is not.


Eye of the beholder, no?

As a woman, my first reaction to something being named "PMS", I'd book it in the "insensitive" category. I know lots of other women will too. We've heard a few too many PMS remarks from men to not have a reaction.

It's not just insensitive if it's insensitive to you.


I stand corrected. I've never heard anyone consider it insensitive, but if so, the name is that much worse.




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