I guess my hangup is that there is one specific gendered insult that is supposed to be far, far worse than any other, even other female-gendered insults, and is unacceptable in any context for very vague reasons of nondescript power dynamics and vague references to “history”. I know about the historical oppression of women, but why this word rather than any other?
I’m pretty sure it’s the same reason that “fuck” is a lot worse than “shit”.
Is it? I would equate them if creating a scale of swear words.