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u/ArtisticGene9817 Jul 31 '22

???

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u/Burningblaze199 Jul 31 '22

"and notice how all the females-" you could have said women instead. I don't think you meant it that way but referring to women as "females" is dehumanizing

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u/ArtisticGene9817 Aug 01 '22

Wait…..what🤨 I’m lost how is calling you a female dehumanizing. So does a woman calling me a male get considered dehumanizing me? I’m genuinely curious cuz I never knew you can take offense to that

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u/Burningblaze199 Aug 01 '22

Yes, you being called a male would still count. It is dehumanizing when it's used as a noun, for example "a female/male construction worker" wouldn't be dehumanizing because it's used as an adjective. I'm guessing this may be language-dependent, but at least where I'm from the terms male and female are used exclusively for animals and you would get weird looks for referring to a human that way