In a way Shakespeare himself used the word. His works used the Middle English “queynte”. It is mentioned throughout Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales a work filled with sex and sensual romps of all kinds. Eventually the word began to filter its way into English language literature where it became a word centered on the idea of female sexuality. At the time there was a street in London that would today be considered a red-light district and it was called “Gropecunt Lane” (Greer). According to the Oxford English Dictionary the first recorded English usage of the word dates back to 1230 (Zoladz). Hundreds of years after the Egyptians used the word to express the concept of “woman” the Anglo-Saxons used the term as a basic word for female genitalia. These words were “titles of respect for women, priestesses and witches.”Īlso these words were derivatives of various goddesses’ names (Muscio 5). These nations are India, Ireland, China, Rome,Īnd Egypt. In the quotation, the word “cunt” originates from many early words in the An Egyptologist was shocked to find the maxims of Ptah-Hotep “used for ‘woman’ a term that was more than blunt,” though its indelicacy was not in the eye of the ancient beholder, only in that of the modern scholar. In ancient writings the word for “cunt” was synonymous with “woman,” though not in the insulting modern sense. Walker, a feminist writer, who talks about one of the earliest findings concerning the word cunt and I think that it would be a useful quotation to supply for you here: In her book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence Inga Muscio quotes Barbara G. In fact the first known mention of one of cunt’s earliest forms was in ancient Egypt. Contrary to what you might think the word has not always been used as an insult to the female gender. Relevance: Please submit content that is relevant to our experiences as women, for women, or about women.The History of the word “cunt” is at times a surprisingly interesting one. Rights of all genders are supported here. Grace: No tactless posts generalizing gender. Likewise, posts found to direct odious influxes here may be removed.
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