I know by your comment history you probably didn’t mean it this way, but when most people hear someone referring to “females” they think they’re bring deliberately dehumanized like the kind of person who follows Andrew Tate would do.
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Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Wonder how many females actually understand the joke
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I sincerely mean this, but I feel bad for people that in my opinion are paranoid about some hidden agenda. If someone says something to me using language and words that I understand then I believe what they are saying is exactly what they are trying to convey to me. If they use a word in the dictionary that we all learned in grammar school, no additional definition is needed. I would hate to go through life constantly suspecting that what a person was clearly saying to me wasn’t “really” what they meant. Though I guess if a person’s start point is always focused on being “dehumanized” then they will use that filter to be suspect of everyone that they interact with. And I’m sure that this comment clearly shows that I don’t hate any group of people nor am I condescending to them will itself be viewed negatively.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Missing the entire point dude. No one is being paranoid about an agenda. That would suggest that people are being unreasonable in their assumption about you using females as a term for women. But about 95% of the time any woman hears themselves being called a “female” it’s some incel crap and they’re about to be talked down to and dehumanized which is the entire point of calling them female.
And this isn’t meant for you to take offense to and become defensive. We get you didn’t mean it that way or whatever. People here are trying to help you not sound like an incel or red pill douchebag. If you want to continue using that word and have people make incorrect assumptions about you, go for it.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
serious question. Why don’t males ever find it offensive to be called males?
Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So you refuse to understand anything more complex than the surface. How lost are you when you watch a movie? When Micheal Corleone says “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse” are you just like, “That’s pretty nice of him to offer a business deal that’s so favorable he’ll accept it, I thought these guys were rivals.”
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
The problem is incels use female to dehumanize and reduce women. That is where its use is popularized from and i can tell you that 95+% of the time i hear someone use female to describe a woman, outside of a clinical setting or paper, they are an incel. Some people like you may not be aware, or care, that this is how it is typically used but that doesn’t make it any less offensive. That isn’t someone being “paranoid” and starting with thinking things are dehumanizing. It is -literally- how the term was intended to be used in the context you’re using it.
Imagine going up to someone and calling them an derogatory term and then telling them they are just being paranoid for being offended. If you don’t see the problem in that then i hope you can reflect on that and what this says about you.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I am totally UNAWARE of what you are describing. If I actually understood the point that you were making I wouldn’t think those who objected were paranoid.
pitaya@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Subtle changes in diction can sometimes dramatically impact how your message is interpreted. Language evolves, and words can take on additional (perfecly valid) meaning over time that are only added to a dictionary after being well-established. This can cause misunderstandings, as demonstrated in this thread. I’m sure you have no negative intentions, but many people it does not seem that way. The takeaway is that a small change in phrasing or words can decide how effectively your meaning is communicated, even if you are unaware of it. Language is messy, and consists of mutual understandings of what a given “word” means. In this case, the hidden negative connotation in “females” is causing you to be misunderstood. I believe using “woman” instead would reflect what you meant without causing anybody to be uncomfortable. Best regards
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 1 month ago
C’mon, you’re smarter than that
zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Most times my judgment of dishonesty based on dogwhistles is accurate. This isn’t the bogeyman, it’s the norm for conversation, you’re the exception.
If someone says a slur to me, sure they might mean the best, but 95% of the time a slur means they’re being a dick. So I’m gonna tell good-meaning people to stop using that slur, or they’re gonna get grouped in with the 95% by someone at some point.
(Not saying that “female” is a slur, but 95% of the time someone uses it they way you did they’ve got some misogyny)
rockerface@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Me when words have a context gained through their use by other people:
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You can interpret words literally. However human organisms use literal interpretation and context to communicate meaning without saying it literally. In the original comment saying MOST females won’t get the joke is incorrect in a literal interpretation. Furthermore the use of “female” with this literal statement in MOST people’s interpretation is commonly associated with sexist (doesn’t have to be hate, just dislike in general) attitudes against women. (The quote “women, am I right?” Comes to mind as a similar sentiment.) This interpretation is learnt by everyone whom exist outside of the internet and is learnt from society to prevent conflict and unwanted hate, there’s no need to feel paranoia about reading it when the literal text and common interpretation of the text reads as a degrading attack on MOST females. (The meme touch grass is intended for instances like this.)
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 month ago
female women
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can we maybe skip calling people “females”…? 😅
If you meant people who are biologically female since trans women would be more likely to understand male anatomy jokes, “female folks” or “afab folks” would probably feel a bit less like they’re being reduced to their sexual organs, and are being seen more as people, which folks always appreciate :)
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Chicks? Gals? Women? Dames? Ladies? Sheilas? Lassies?
Words man. They aren’t all insults. Sometimes it’s ancillary, just trying to convey information. We’re majoring in the minors. It’s a dirty joke. You’re worried about the group pronoun they’re using? I agree female has a little bit of the m’lady feel to it. But come on, let’s overlook that.
Unless we want to use group pronouns like we do with animals. A herd of cows. A murder of crows. An annoyance of pronoun correctors.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 month ago
Unless we want to use group pronouns like we do with animals.
I’m pretty sure that’s exactly why referring to women as “females” is problematic — using male/female as nouns is fine for animals. Humans, not so much…
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Never seen a guy complain about being called a male though.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Humans not being animals and all…
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 1 month ago
female
yeah you definitely are around women usually 😂
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Idk maybe all that understand implication, maybe the vast majority? Not sure just a theory, a game theory.
Porridge@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I’m a dude and I don’t get it.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
He is saving up his cums so later if they have sex, he’ll do a big cum.
Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
a big cum
Like a 5lb white catfish.
gurapo@lemmy.pt 1 month ago
I felt like cooking up a reply because you might be the same as me - I thought the genders were flipped, and I couldn’t understand what the girl was saving up. Since it is a guy, and going by the fact that the OP made it look like it was something that “only guys would know” I’m assuming it has something to do with penis. Going off of that, the only thing that I can think of is “saving up cum” since, as far as I know, the longer a man abstains, the stronger his orgasms, and the more cum is expelled?
I didn’t find it funny though. Either this is not my type of humour, either I misunderstood the joke.
Maybe I’m the same as you and my reply contributed nothing to the discussion ;)
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Stay pure with the mind brother!
Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Sent it to my wife and she laughed scornfully.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 1 month ago
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
How old are you? Of course women understand the joke. You should try hanging out with them.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have lived with one for many years and still trying to figure out how she thinks. I’m not saying that a male brain is better. But it’s definitely different. My number one example is…if I want something I come right out and ask her. But many times if she wants something I’m supposed to be Kreskin and magically know what she wants.
lazyViking@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You should just ask your mom to communicate her thoughts better
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
That’s social conditioning, not biology.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If gf/wife paying attention when she’s doing things can give you insight into what she wants, if that fails just ask her communicate literally.