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“Females” I am a woman You are not a scientist trying to figure out my dna combination Call me a fucking woman Treat me like a human

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Anonymous 22h

Or maybe you could have some decency and realizes calling someone a female is dehumanizing and makes it sound like someone is an object.

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Anonymous 14h

if you call women “females” i automatically assume you’re a misogynist bc the term was only popularized on social media after we stood ten toes behind called “bitches”. it’s a term only used in retaliation and carries the negative connotations of the word it was exchanged for bc of that.

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Anonymous 10h

Yeah, it’s most certainly used in a derogatory sense a lot of the time online. Not always, as there is utility to using “female” when you want to include both women and girls, but in that scenario it should be followed by “people” as to not come off as cold.

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Anonymous 13h

you are cooked should've been there for me🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous 8h

For the sake of argument, would you be okay if it went both ways (i.e. male and female)?

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Anonymous 21h

you’re so close yet completely missing the point. “females” is making the adjective the noun. removing the person part is dehumanizing. i was gonna try to explain this w your paint analogy but that can only get the noun/adjective part and not the bigger issue that is dehumanizing.

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Anonymous

#5 21h

Woman is a noun

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Anonymous

#5 21h

“Female“ can be an adjective, but not in the sense either of us mean it, if that’s what you care about

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Anonymous 21h

woman is a perfectly adequate and accurate way to describe people and a good way to avoid pissing us off while doing it. why is that so hard for you to understand

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Anonymous

#1 21h

yes it is. and it’s the appropriate one to use here.

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Anonymous

#1 20h

what #3 said. but if you REALLY need the grammar lesson too, here you go: “that is a female dog.” female is an adjective here. “that is a female.” female is an adjectival noun here and the context tells you that you’re talking about a dog. but if you hadn’t established that context, you’re essentially saying “that thing is a female”. now notice how a living animal became a thing? that’s kinda what calling women females is doing.

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Anonymous 17h

You just compared a person to paint…that’s a new low I am a woman and yes I am a female but call me a fucking woman I am not a dog I do not need to be described as female I am a woman Stop dehumanizing women

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Anonymous

#7 14h

It existed as a popular term way before social media

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Anonymous

#1 13h

“popularized on social media” (within the context of use as a derogatory term, as is being discussed) you could try to pretend you’re not being ignorant

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Anonymous

#7 13h

It’s not a derogatory term. I think that’s where the confusion here is like 90% of the time when guys said it’s not derogatory.

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Anonymous

#1 13h

neanderthal is not a derogatory term. when i say “you’re a fucking neanderthal” then it’s derogatory bc that is how it was used. same thing for “females.” it’s used to DEGRADE WOMEN which makes it derogatory.

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Anonymous

#1 13h

I’ve only ever known 1 man to not use it in a derogatory way And I’ve known many fuckin men

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Anonymous 13h

I understand the point but two things: 1. Calling a woman a “female” addresses them by their sex only. The word “female” makes no mention if this “female” you might be referring to is a human. Technically, “female” could be referring to, for example, a female animal, or a female bug. Therefore, it is dehumanizing 2. The term “female” has been used derogatorily in the past. That word carries a negative connotation and we MUST take that into consideration

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Anonymous

#1 12h

bro said “it existed as a popular term way before social media” like he thought we believed the word “female” was solely a tiktok trend

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Anonymous

#11 8h

No it’s dehumanizing We are not animals we are people Boys girls men and women So unless we’re scientists referring to it in a scientific way or analyzing something or reporting statistics then no it’s not cool

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Anonymous

OP 8h

Oh okay

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Anonymous

#1 2h

pretty much anything can be derogatory in specific contexts. Calling a girl a bitch is technically derogatory yet here we are

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