you’re so close yet completely missing the point. “females” is making the adjective the noun. removing the person part is dehumanizing. i was gonna try to explain this w your paint analogy but that can only get the noun/adjective part and not the bigger issue that is dehumanizing.

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Anonymous #5 1d

Woman is a noun

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Anonymous #5 1d

“Female“ can be an adjective, but not in the sense either of us mean it, if that’s what you care about

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woman is a perfectly adequate and accurate way to describe people and a good way to avoid pissing us off while doing it. why is that so hard for you to understand

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Anonymous #1 1d

yes it is. and it’s the appropriate one to use here.

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Anonymous #1 1d

what #3 said. but if you REALLY need the grammar lesson too, here you go: “that is a female dog.” female is an adjective here. “that is a female.” female is an adjectival noun here and the context tells you that you’re talking about a dog. but if you hadn’t established that context, you’re essentially saying “that thing is a female”. now notice how a living animal became a thing? that’s kinda what calling women females is doing.

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You just compared a person to paint…that’s a new low I am a woman and yes I am a female but call me a fucking woman I am not a dog I do not need to be described as female I am a woman Stop dehumanizing women

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Anonymous #7 1d

It existed as a popular term way before social media

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Anonymous #1 1d

“popularized on social media” (within the context of use as a derogatory term, as is being discussed) you could try to pretend you’re not being ignorant

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Anonymous #7 23h

It’s not a derogatory term. I think that’s where the confusion here is like 90% of the time when guys said it’s not derogatory.

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Anonymous #1 23h

neanderthal is not a derogatory term. when i say “you’re a fucking neanderthal” then it’s derogatory bc that is how it was used. same thing for “females.” it’s used to DEGRADE WOMEN which makes it derogatory.

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Anonymous #1 23h

I’ve only ever known 1 man to not use it in a derogatory way And I’ve known many fuckin men

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I understand the point but two things: 1. Calling a woman a “female” addresses them by their sex only. The word “female” makes no mention if this “female” you might be referring to is a human. Technically, “female” could be referring to, for example, a female animal, or a female bug. Therefore, it is dehumanizing 2. The term “female” has been used derogatorily in the past. That word carries a negative connotation and we MUST take that into consideration

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Anonymous #1 22h

bro said “it existed as a popular term way before social media” like he thought we believed the word “female” was solely a tiktok trend

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Anonymous #11 18h

No it’s dehumanizing We are not animals we are people Boys girls men and women So unless we’re scientists referring to it in a scientific way or analyzing something or reporting statistics then no it’s not cool

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Anonymous OP 18h

Oh okay

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Anonymous #1 12h

pretty much anything can be derogatory in specific contexts. Calling a girl a bitch is technically derogatory yet here we are

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Anonymous #13 7h

woman

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Anonymous #6 7h

So there’s a “W” on your driver’s license is there?

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Anonymous #11 5h

Yeah, that’s how it is already. Most guys don’t even think about it and select few of their counterparts make a big fuss over it because it takes too much effort to read into what they’re actually saying.

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Anonymous #1 5h

Most guys do think about it actually 😀 and you continuing to defend the dehumanization of women is disgusting

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Anonymous #13 2h

you must be a male

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Anonymous #6 1h

See, there you go

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Anonymous #6 1h

It’s just a word it can’t hurt you

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Anonymous #6 1h

Correct. Male and man mean essentially the same thing when talking about humans, not dehumanizing at all

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Anonymous #13 1h

Exactly. Same with female. There is a big controversy over man meaning plural or mankind meaning all of humanity a few years ago. Sort of the same idea except this one is far more ridiculous.

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Anonymous #1 1h

But when the majority are telling you to stop and you refuse you are then the piece of shit What part of that are you not understanding? We want you to stop, shouldn’t even have to give you a reason but we’ve given you plenty so fucking stop

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Anonymous OP 1h

It won’t be too long before “woman” becomes derogatory and triggering 😂😂 let’s just make up the rules as we go along

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Anonymous #13 1h

For while we’re at it, we might as well make rules to slow whatever this is that they call “ progress”😆🤷‍♂️🙄

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Anonymous #1 1h

i bet it’s small

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Anonymous #13 1h

itty bitty

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Anonymous #6 1h

🤏

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Anonymous #6 24m

Like ur tolerance for the word “female” 😂 I’ve never seen ppl get so offended by a genuinely inoffensive word

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Anonymous #13 22m

Hold on, “people” might be the new offensive word now. I should have said women, my bad

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