Comment on Anon studies human behavior

• samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes, it is. It’s just offensive to refer to a person as such when it’s not in a scientific or formal context.

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  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A non-scientific, informal context was given. Show us the offense there.

    This is straight-up misguided language policing. Again, what good is served by treating female like a toxic, dirty word?

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• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  dictionary entry:

  female

  noun

  1. 1. a female person : a woman or a girl
     2. an individual of the sex that is typically capable of bearing young or producing eggs
  2. a pistillate plant

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    a pistillate plant

    I’m a hwat?

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