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MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 days agoHey, uh, don’t refer to male humans as “men” and then female humans as “females” like that. It’s kinda dehumanizing.
Like, I get calling men, “males” and women “females”, because I’ll do that sometimes (I claim fur-brain as my defense, because calling anthro characters “man” or “woman” is weird); but try not to do the thing where you say “men” then “females” as if we’re a complete different species. That’s… just… not appropriate in a normal context.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“male” and “female” are more appropriate as adjectives than nouns
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 days ago
Yes! I’ve been trying to figure out what the fuck the difference is for a long time but for some reason that explanation kept eluding me; I don’t mind being called “a female [blank]”, but just being called “a female” bothers me. But that’s it right there, it’s when it’s used as a noun.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
it’s literally objectifying you
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Good god, that’s what I came to say. Thank you.
We got the lemmy police on here though. “You can’t say that word!”