This week on Dead Mums Club: Am I the Asshole, we're doing something a little different. No formal AITA this episode — instead, Georgie and Monique dive headfirst into a viral Reddit thread asking why there are so many words used to shame women, and virtually none with the same venom aimed at men.
What starts as a conversation about gendered language quickly becomes something much bigger — body counts, the manosphere, Bonnie Blue, weaponised words, and what it actually takes to be unbothered by someone else's opinion of you. Oh, and Monique is now saved in someone's phone as Virgin Mary. We'll let her explain.
It's chatty, it's honest, it goes places, and yes — there are swear words. Many of them. You've been warned.
This week we cover:
The Reddit thread that started it all — why are there so many words to shame women?
The manosphere, body counts, and double standards
Bonnie Blue and the "what if it was your kid" test
How context changes everything when it comes to language between friends
Monique's dating life and the Virgin Mary situation
How to respond to insults without giving anyone the satisfaction
Self-worth, Mel Robbins' "Let Them" theory, and knowing yourself enough not to care
Dead Mums Club AITA is the spin-off segment of the main Dead Mums Club podcast. New episodes drop weekly. If you have your own AITA story, send it over — we'd love to feature it in Season 2.