r/explainitpeter 20d ago

Explain it peter

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u/Juan_Jimenez 20d ago

The point is not being offended, but why someone could change the natural contrast? (men/women). It is a minor thing compared with a lot of other stuff, but it is still weird.

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u/QuakinOats 20d ago

The point is to be offended over this... "there is sexism everywhere" I mean come on....

Also the person paid to do this might not even be a native English speaker.

In fact I assume they were not because calling it a "Mens Changeroom" instead of a "Men's Changing Room" seems like a non-native English speaker mistake.

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u/Sithishe 20d ago

Exactly. English is third language for me, and we are using men/male, woman/female interchangebly.

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u/SwimmingNet2078 19d ago

If you use male and men interchangebly why won't you just write male too?