Comment on How to sexualize males for a female audience?
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 month ago
Use proper language instead of female/male
Just to spell it out: There’s nothing wrong with using “male” and “female” as adjectives (e.g. “male audience” or “female drivers”). The problem arises from using them as a noun (e.g., “females want a man” or “males are more likely”) which is a very reductive way of describing a person. It also evokes the way we refer to animals, which is, again, reductive.
We are more than our respective genders, just as we are more than merely animals.
They said males in the title.
That’s a you problem, it’s fine to use male and female when used together it’s when they’re mixed it’s reductive “men and females”.
What would the proper language be?
What would the proper language be?
Men and women?
How is that any different to male and female?
Men and women means people whose self-perceived gender identity is man or woman.
Male and female means people who got the genetic setup of a male or female.
The latter excludes males who identify as women and includes females who identify as men (a risk I was willing to take).
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Male and female are proper words. OP used them for both. It’s fine.