When leaders use this language with impunity, they send a clear signal that such behavior is acceptable, further fueling the fire of online abuse.
Furthermore, the slur is also used to dismiss women's opinions or achievements. For example, the Albanian rapper Stresi used the term in a political context, writing "Let vin kurvat" ('Let the whores come') to dismiss those he disagreed with. On the other end of the spectrum, a female artist can be publicly celebrated one day and then dismissed with the same slur the next, as seen in a comment calling a state award for a singer an act of favoritism towards "kurvat dhe hajdutët" ('whores and thieves'). These examples show that the word "kurvë" is used not only for sexual shaming but as a generic insult to degrade women in any context.
Nëse do të vizitoni ndonjëherë Kosovën, sigurohuni të shihni kurvaturën e saj dhe të përjetoni bukurinë e këtij vendi të lashtë dhe të pasur. $$ Për më shumë informacion rreth Kosovës dhe kurvaturës së saj, ju lutem të vizitoni faqet e internetit të institucioneve të vendit. $$ kurvat e kosoves tu u qi
This is not a rare occurrence. The use of such hate speech is statistically proven to be a gendered phenomenon, overwhelmingly perpetrated by men and directed at women. A UNDP analysis of comments on articles containing gender-based disinformation found that a staggering . Furthermore, research during election periods found that out of 660,000 comments analyzed, 14% contained hate speech targeting women . The scale is immense and relentless.
The phrase found a powerful echo in a 2023 post from a prominent Albanian rapper. When commenting on a tense political situation, rapper used the phrase, stating: When leaders use this language with impunity, they
Një nga monumentet më të njohura në Kurvat e Kosovës është Manastiri i Deçanit, i cili është ndërtuar në shekullin XIV dhe është një nga shembujt më të mirë të arkitekturës mesjetare në Kosovë. Një tjetër vend i rëndësishëm është Kështjella e Prizrenit, e cila datojnë që nga shekulli VI dhe ka shërbyer si një fortesë strategjike për shumë perandori.
The phrase sometimes escapes its purely domestic context and becomes a lens for geopolitical insults. In one social media comment about a NATO (KFOR) exercise in Kosovo, a user wrote: On the other end of the spectrum, a
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