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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink49•17 days agoMy personal rule is female adjective is okay, female noun is not.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•17 days agoFrom what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-217 days agoJust don’t use male or female as nouns to refer to humans. That simple. If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•17 days ago If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter. Not even that it doesn’t matter, it’s almost entirely the point. The reason why using ‘females’ as a noun to refer to women is dehumanizing is because it’s a noun we use for animals.
My personal rule is female adjective is okay, female noun is not.
From what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.
Just don’t use male or female as nouns to refer to humans. That simple. If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter.
Not even that it doesn’t matter, it’s almost entirely the point. The reason why using ‘females’ as a noun to refer to women is dehumanizing is because it’s a noun we use for animals.