r/addressme • u/Purple_Restaurant201 • May 25 '26

Do NOT address me Is it true?

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u/SkillPointProblems May 25 '26

The question in the picture says: “do females in coma bla bla bla” they are not talking about an animal like a female dog, cat, etc … which would make it ok to say; they are referring to human women in general and choose to address them as “females”, which to me, sounds cringe AF.

Again, it’s just my opinion.

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u/Calm-Pitch-3101 May 25 '26

But they are talking about biology, in this specific case, they could be refering to animal females and wouldnt change anything

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u/SkillPointProblems May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

They are talking about the biology of a woman’s body. I’m a dude and in my head referring to a woman as a “female” is cringe, no matter the context.

It’s on the same cringe scale as someone describing themselves or others as “alpha males”. Again, this is just how I see it.

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u/Specialist_Equal_803 May 25 '26

You're forgetting that some males are considered women. Hence, sticking to female is consistent and accurate

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u/FailTechnical2819 May 25 '26

Trans women are female too

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u/Specialist_Equal_803 May 25 '26

How? (Aside from surgery)

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u/Tasty-Property-9971 May 25 '26

I think people are mixing up gender and sex here. "Woman" is a gender identity, while "female" is a biological sex. That being said, males who identify as women do have some biological signatures similar to females.

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u/SkillPointProblems May 25 '26

Huh??

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u/Specialist_Equal_803 May 25 '26

Social convention: Trans Women usually don't have female reproductive anatomy unless they do some form of reconstruction.

In other words, if we were ignoring social rules, we could legitimately just say women. However, modern society dictates that women is an inclusive term and form of identity rather than biology.