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WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 year agoI still don’t see how one is offensive and one isn’t, when they describe the exact same thing.
It’s as if programmers (noun) were offended when someome says they program (verb) or vice versa.
Yea I see how you may not want to be reduced to just a word describing some quality of yours, but come on, going to war over it is really stupid.
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Female as a noun sounds more formal, distant and depersonalizing than woman. Language is all about nuance.
I agree with you there. In most cases, and without additional context, I think it’s best to assume ignorance rather than malice.
On the other hand, it’s also fair to say that this “going to war” only started a few years ago when incels deliberately and maliciously began using the term female to speak about women in a dehumanizing way.
WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, we’re talking about some random anonymous person on the internet. I think not being personal is quite valid, especially since nowadays you never know how they identify.
In fact, I do find it odd how first people were being offended by others assuming their identity, so some circles just began to use more general and broad terms, and now that’s offensive too.
I tend to refer to singular people on the internet as “person”, and I have been corrected by them or.others, i.e. “I’m a woman!” Like, geez, I don’t care or need to know, to me you’re just a bunch of words, you may be a chatbot for what I know.