Dwarf or Midget: Which term is least offensive?

  • Dwarf
  • Midget
Please select one to answer and see the result

Answers

Dwarf - 31Midget - 35
  • Anonymous . March 2021
I don't know
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
midget=smaller version
Dwarf=abnormal or exaggerated features
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Most articles I see equate the midget with the homunculus.
Homunculus = normal proportions
Dwarf = short limbs
Midget = short torso
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
cause the article says so
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because dwarf is considered a known condition
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Don’t say midget apperantly. That’s what I’ve always heard
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I read about it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
The term midget carries an offensive connotation in society.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Watching Little Women LA I learned the word "midget" is offensive
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because I just read the article associated with this.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
it sounds more medically sound
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
THE M WORD MAKES MY OFFICE WORKER VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
A dwarf told me
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I Think ir is silly to think of the word midget as offensive. And i thought a midget was the one with large head in proportion to their body , etc.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
the word midget originates from "midge" meaning small fly. probably not the best comparison to a small person.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It appears that dwarf is the medical/scientific name and midget is a slang/derogatory name for been short weather you are dwarf or not
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Midget is considered derogatory.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Midgt is derogatory
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Midget is a derogatory term, referring to a human as though they were an insect.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I dont know!!!!!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
You seldom hear the word midget these days. However, with the definition you have given, my daughter that is 20 and only 4'8", normal proportions, would be a midget. We have always said she was a dwarf.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
You don't hear either turn that much anymore. But dwarf is the more polite hear. Little or small persons or people is the norm now. Especially after that singer made that song up about the short people. Everybody under 5'5" up and arms. When I heard the rest of song that he was actually fighting for the shorter people. I SAID THEY NEEDED TO LET THE PEOPLE HEAR THE REST OF THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i'm a dwarf
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I dont know.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
The intonation used by adults in early childhood reflected depredation for 'midgets' as well as shame, since we had small people in our family. This was suggested to have been caused genetically by intermarrying (first cousins) long ago in the Ozarks.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i hate midgets!@
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Midget is an offensive slang term that refers to shorter than average people while dwarf refers to a person that has a congenital disease known as dwarfism.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I read that both are not " politically acceptable" but shouldn't there be two separate terms for differentiating between proportional and non-proportional little people?
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It describes a medical condition with no known cure.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
it is more complimentary to their condition
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarf is associated with fables and more accepted because they look friendly and better.
  • Anonymous . November 2021
I have seven granddaughters who I refer to as my midgets. They are tiny versions of their Mommies and Grandmothers.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I have seen in my lifetime more midgets so I gess that's why I always see more of them.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because dwarfism requires a genetic mutation.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because it says so in the article
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am a midget and I will gladly refer to myself as such and I don't care if someone else does too. But when someone calls me a dwarf, I'm normally pretty angry about it. I do not think midget is an offensive word, but I'm normally pretty mad when someone mislabels me as a dwarf.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Bc dwarves have disproportionate body parts so they are saying your body is disproportionate
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
The article says that this is an offensive term.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I’ve just heard that midget isn’t the term to use.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Neither should be offensive, because there IS a physical difference in
the two. It is what it is!!
Good grief,stop with the stupid
"Political correct" BS!!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
it is what is own it !!!!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Midget seems to be used more often that Dwarf and is often thought that something went medically wrong, bringing a little sympathy. Dwarf brings to mind cartoon characters that are expected to be laughed at.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
becase they csn't help the way they are.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because this is the name for them.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Not being either I can't really speak to if its offensive or not to those who are but to me midget has always meant small or little person.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
HGH
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Studied Anatomy and physiology in nursing. There are treatments for "midgets".(HGH)
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because I am only 4' 7" in height. Been called midget for almost 35 yrs now. I guess I am just used to it.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It just sound better than "little person" to me.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It is a technical term and should not be thought of as derogatory
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
•Shorter than normal, although with body parts of normal proportion.
"midgets" generally do not have any physical issues with the exception of their short size.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarf sounds like The lil freaks from snow White
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Small but beautiful. When I think of midget, I think of my wife and the MG Midget. Both well proportion and very cute.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarves are ****
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Hate
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
midget says Im some what normal
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Midgets are proportional, just small. Most Dwarfs have a normal size head and short arms and legs.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
its more common
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
My lady friend is a wonderfull person who is perfectly proportioned and just happens to be 4' 9" tall. Someone got in her face about being a "dwarf" and she was offended. She says "Midget" also carries a stigma from olden times but technically she is that and that doesn't bother her. She does find "little person" rather condesending. We met in Aikido classes where she has earned her hakima (Black Belt)and you should see what she can do to men are more than twice her weight and half again her height. The only real issue she has is she insists on wearing very high heels when we go dancing.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarf makes me think of mythical creatures and the such which seems very insulting to be called such, to me.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarfs have disproportionate body parts. I would not like to be reminded of, or have attention called to this fact.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
cuase i did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarves are mythical cratures. A midget doesn't make me think of Snow White or Lord of the Rings.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Dwarf sounds like you are refering to a little person in the Wizzard of oz !
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because I am short, but not really short enough to technically be called a midget. I HATE it when ppl refer to me as a midget!

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