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Originally Posted by hunniebunnie i would expect someone who is an expert in the field not to make the same mistakes as a layman. like, i'm sure i'd never find a civics teacher out there who uses the same term to refer to african americans as it's used in our outdated civics books printed in the early 70's.
it's true that vets do care for and are taught to care for more animals than just dogs, or small breed dogs specifically. but you can say that of human doctors too, and i would never ask my protologist for advice about birth control. |
African-Americans are not called "Negros", because of political pressures, not because civic teachers are more or less qualified. Everyone, beginning at the time they can comprehend will be taught the politically correct term. "Teacups" is a specific term referring to small breeds, especially Yorks because of the market demand. It means a smaller-than-usual-sized dog. A vet is illustrating the fact that the dog will be small, not the negative connotations that it brings out within Yorkie community.
If you are going to a regular vet, you should not expect him not to use terms you and a small group of people consider politically incorrect. If you have a specific question about birth control, you would seek a specialist due to a narrow area of expertise. A proctologist would not be a good choice because of the uniqueness of the problem. If you have a problem that is specific to only Yorkshire Terriers and you seek out a specialist who deals only with those uniquely specific questions, then the vet will be immersed into the culture and will be very correct and unupsetting, the same way proctologist is part of a "procto" community following very closely problems and trends in his field.
Now, I do not like breeders, who are part of the community and profit off of the breed using "teacup" to describe size and intentionally bred runts.
And being a representative of the male population, describing your ring as teacup is irresponsible and demeaning.
