Anonymous ihavebeendrinkingofficer 1d

Calling women females is just about the most chronically online thing you can do lol, just say women.

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Anonymous OP 1d

I wasn’t op of that post btw. Just seen people get a lot of hate for it and I didn’t really get why people were vitriolic against it.

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Anonymous ihavebeendrinkingofficer 1d

I’ll give u a real answer lol. Some girls believe that being called “females” is degrading because people normally don’t ever refer to males as “males” and instead men. Some women feel the men call them females in a way of being lesser 🤷🏾‍♂️ pretty sure from what I’ve heard

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Anonymous #2 1d

People do normally refer to males as such

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Anonymous ihavebeendrinkingofficer 1d

the hate is twofold. primarily it's because these days there's a very certain kind of man who makes a point of saying 'females' to intentionally be degrading. secondarily, it IS degrading. it makes it sound like you're referring to an animal or a specimen of some kind. it's just odd when 'women' is right there.

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Anonymous #4 1d

This is a better explanation than anything else I’ve gotten. Thank you

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Anonymous #3 1d

Both genders do it. Still degrading to both sides. We’re not out here referring to dogs (wolves, foxes, whatever) as “canines”. It IS a normal scientific/medical term. Socially however, it carries a tone of disrespect, objectification, and equates someone to an animal.

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Anonymous ihavebeendrinkingofficer 1d

I’m a woman and I use female interchangeably. Idk. It’s synonymous

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Anonymous ihavebeendrinkingofficer 1d

Just to add context, I think women also get annoyed because of the double standard. There are many men that will call men “men” and women “females” and the difference between the two does denote something about how they see women.

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Anonymous #3 1d

I agree but from their perspective we don’t i guess lol

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