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Pastor’s Sermon Implying Women in Shorts Deserve to Be Raped Prompts Response (julieroys.com)

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[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

It was a neologism associated with the eugenics movement (“created specifically for” appears to be editorializing on your part), more than 100 years ago. The word has LONG since lost any connection with that meaning, with the sole exception of virtue signaling like yours.