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  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    I do get why, woman is referring to human female. Female refers to a female of any specie. Still think it’s dumb to get mad about

    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      My cat is a girl, is girl now offensive as it refers to “all species”?

      It’s a ridiculous argument, based on some “scientific” basis of a word that doesn’t hold up in everyday speech and seems to stem entirely from Americans.

      We use male/female all the time in Australia, it’s not an issue and doesn’t carry negative social connotations. Referring to a group of women as females sounds grammatically wrong, but that’s about it.

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        7 months ago

        I don’t think that’s universally true. Most parts of Australia I’ve been to have the same nuance of “females” often being used by assholes in a demeaning way and seen as somewhat dehumanising in some contexts (but not all).