I think the equivalent to "creepy" is "crazy", and it covers a similar rage of legitimacies.
Yesss, as someone stuck on the word "crazy" and its uses, this. There's such a range of uses for both: crazy mean "clinically psychotic" to "great deal on these shoes" whereas creepy can mean "molester" to "Scooby Doo villan".
They both have the capabilty to create knee-jerk responses (especially creepy, as men have rarely had an insult that applied directly to them in a sexual manner, so the newness is a huge factor). But do you think that, with time and overuse, people will be desensitized to creepy (i.e. not take it as seriously, as people seem to do for crazy)? Or will it always be this completely offensive stigma for men?
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Yesss, as someone stuck on the word "crazy" and its uses, this. There's such a range of uses for both: crazy mean "clinically psychotic" to "great deal on these shoes" whereas creepy can mean "molester" to "Scooby Doo villan".
They both have the capabilty to create knee-jerk responses (especially creepy, as men have rarely had an insult that applied directly to them in a sexual manner, so the newness is a huge factor). But do you think that, with time and overuse, people will be desensitized to creepy (i.e. not take it as seriously, as people seem to do for crazy)? Or will it always be this completely offensive stigma for men?