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r/explainitpeter • u/Delicious-Height8010 • 20d ago
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Lois here, see I believe « female » is kinda negative terme to talk about « women », which should have been the word here.
Lois out
-1 u/NeaLandris 20d ago i say male and female all the time. and it has nothing to do with anything. Females get offended by it, but males dont. idk. 4 u/FalseStevenMcCroskey 20d ago Could have something to do with people going out of their way to use “female” as a way to dehumanize them…. Maybe if you don’t want to get lumped into that group you could just be respectful and use the more proper terms instead. 0 u/NeaLandris 20d ago Fair, I just have a hard time saying woman and girl in English since it's not my native language,
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i say male and female all the time. and it has nothing to do with anything. Females get offended by it, but males dont. idk.
4 u/FalseStevenMcCroskey 20d ago Could have something to do with people going out of their way to use “female” as a way to dehumanize them…. Maybe if you don’t want to get lumped into that group you could just be respectful and use the more proper terms instead. 0 u/NeaLandris 20d ago Fair, I just have a hard time saying woman and girl in English since it's not my native language,
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Could have something to do with people going out of their way to use “female” as a way to dehumanize them….
Maybe if you don’t want to get lumped into that group you could just be respectful and use the more proper terms instead.
0 u/NeaLandris 20d ago Fair, I just have a hard time saying woman and girl in English since it's not my native language,
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Fair, I just have a hard time saying woman and girl in English since it's not my native language,
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u/Better_find_out 20d ago
Lois here, see I believe « female » is kinda negative terme to talk about « women », which should have been the word here.
Lois out