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[–]Amy3e13FDS Newbie413 points414 points415 points 3 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
Especially if they use "females" and "men" in the same sentence.
[–]notochordFDS Newbie277 points278 points279 points 3 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
That’s the only thing worse than “men” and “girls”
[–]vereelimeeFDS Newbie146 points147 points148 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yes the eternal cringe of men talking about "dating a girl".
This is only ok if you are both still minors. In any other circumstances 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Leave the girls alone they're underage and you're yucky!!
[–]AppointmentOver1657FDS Newbie72 points73 points74 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yep, I thought it was just the biologist in me that got irritated when I hear females without an occupation (for humans) or species following. Glad to know I’m not crazy 🤣🤣
[–]vodkagoddess91Throwaway Account193 points194 points195 points 3 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
They refer to women as "Females" then say man or men in the same sentence.
[–]royaldetourFDS Newbie125 points126 points127 points 3 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
It's almost as if they see us as nonhuman. Or subhuman, more accurately.
[–]AdawritesrulesFDS Disciple44 points45 points46 points 3 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
When I’m reality we have every reason to see them that way since they have deteriorated the parts of their brains that distinguish humans from animals through constant exposure to porn.
[–]Boiling_RockFDS Newbie145 points146 points147 points 3 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
When one actually sits down and pays attention to the pattern of speech of people around one, it is fascinating to realize that no one actually uses "males" when referring to men. Ever heard "males are like this", "males do this"? It sounds wrong to the ear, doesn't it? Because we have been conditioned to refer to men as "men" and to women as "females". It is so dehumanizing to women. It is a term that encompasses all females in this world, from insects up to humans, and seems to stem from a male need to possess. Any animal in this world can be possessed if the human so wills it. In the same way a male (what is good for the gander is good for the goose) possesses a female dog, he wishes to possess a female human. Because she is not actually a woman, but an animal, in his eyes. I feel nauseous.
[–]s_slayerFDS STRATEGY COACH49 points50 points51 points 3 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
I also find it curious that in 2020 society still refers to all animals of an unknown gender as a “he”. “Look at that cute elephant, HE’S so big” etc. Try replacing he with she and it will be met with confusion and resistance in cases where gender isn’t obvious, and I’ve seen videos on Reddit where the gender WAS obviously female and the animal was still referred to as a male. I once brought this topic up on another Reddit forum and was completely bashed right and left by men. At least the Spanish language equally applies male/female labels to varying animals and since I know quite a bit of Spanish, I go with that, so, for example, when I see a spider I refer to it as a she (LA arana), and an elephant as a he (EL elefante). I can’t be the only one who wonders why all creatures and even God are by default masculine in our culture. Imagine the endless bitching by men if the tables were turned. 🙄
[–]keepcalmandFREAKOUTFDS Newbie52 points53 points54 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Friend of mine (she's female) occasionally refers to random animals and even people as "she". Not people she knows are definitely male but in situations where she is speaking in general about certain professions e.g., in my language all of them are male per default. Can be hilarious, especially when it's about professions with a higher male to female ratio.
It used to confuse me and once I asked why she does when it came to a hedgehog she had seen in her garden. lol. I was like: How did you know it was a female hedgehog? Did you look between her legs? And she was like: No but why assume it was male with certainty? Do we check between their legs? I facepalmed about myself. She's right.
[–]Boiling_RockFDS Newbie4 points5 points6 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
My language is similar in that aspect to Spanish. Many terms for animals are feminine: fox, weasel, bird, squirrel, shark, snake, giraffe, cat, duck, goose, etc. But the English language is so male-centered that they seem to forget their own grammatical rules. Animals are supposed to be referred to as "it" at all times, unless there is a personal relationship between the animal and the person talking about it. If your dog is a "she", it is not incorrect to refer to her as such. However, if you are pointing at an unknown dog, it is an "it". Patriarchy, misogyny and anti-woman sentiment is even changing the grammar of the most spoken language in the world. And we are then exporting that language, and everything it entails, geopolitically shoving it into other nations. I wonder how the Mosuo women of Southern China would feel about all we are discussing right now, which is so far-removed from their own reality (the Mosuo are a matriarchy where women own land, houses and have exclusive right to children).
[–]KayyeXxFDS Newbie70 points71 points72 points 3 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Idk what’s worse, being called females or being referred to by our ‘sexual marketplace value’.
[–]12thwizardFDS Newbie3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This! Being female is close to the most uninteresting and common thing about me. We have names. It's incredible when you think about it.
[–]illegallyabbyFDS Newbie66 points67 points68 points 3 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I was just going off about this a couple days ago, the only guys I’ve known that call women “females” were usually incels. If they weren’t, they were so mysoginistic I wondered how any women could stand being around them
The last guy I directly spoke to who called women “females” switched job locations to work by me and tried to convince everyone at his last location AND my location that he “got me in the bag.” Luckily my people scoffed at him or asked me about directly.
[–]TheLastUBenderFDS Disciple4 points5 points6 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
The last guy I directly spoke to who called women “females” switched job locations to work by me and tried to convince everyone at his last location AND my location that he “got me in the bag
Ugh. I'm sorry. Hope he doesn't work with you anymore.
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[–]petit_rougeFDS Newbie[S] 13 points14 points15 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
LOL that was my first thought when I read this 😂
[–]Phoenix__Rising2018Ruthless Strategist34 points35 points36 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
It's true
[–]terrn1981FDS Newbie24 points25 points26 points 3 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link
How can he say they have no insight? I mean, once you sheep all open your eyes to the fact that FeMaLeS only fck Chad, not their looksmatch, you will see our oppression. FeMaLeS are whres, but they won't have sex with me! Its bc I am a Beta, and FeMaLeS only want Alpha Chads cock carocels! But once they hit their 30s, all FeMaLeS want to use us betas for all of our money - those gold digging whres! Expect us to pay and raise chads spawn, bc FeMaLeS become nasty, used up Arby's roast beef sandwiches, and no one else wants her after 30. Dirty whre single moms with 3 baby daddy! FeMaLes should have given us "nice guys" a chance before they hit the wall!
FeMaLeS are all superficial and only care about looks - look at that ugly whale! Hurr durr ha ha. Fat ugly cow!
Wake up sheep! The 80/20 rule is all around you! Incel men are by far the most oppressed in society! I learned all of this by simply hanging in my moms basement and reading incel and red pill subs, you can have your eyes open to the cruel, misantry of FeMaLeS!
/s btw
[–]palanuikFDS Newbie35 points36 points37 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I've always thought this, so true.
[–]poortriciaFDS Newbie37 points38 points39 points 3 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Being in the military this gets drilled into EVERYONE to refer to each other as male or female in basic training. Drill sergeants referred to us as such.
The thing that drives me nuts, now that I'm out, is seeing active duty members I'm friends with STILL doing it. People who are intelligent, aware, "woke," and generally decent people. What's worse is seeing the men who say guys and still call women females.
We all know the military culture is a fucked up one, but one of the worst things about it is seeing how it pits women against each other. It's deeply rooted and subtle when you don't actively look for examples. Women are females to everyone, especially other women.
[–]tiredatheartFDS Newbie1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Isn't referring to people as "male and female" in the military meant to dehumanize them?
Really puts things in perspective when men only refer to women as female and not themselves as male.
[–]Optimal_Grapefruit_5FDS Newbie12 points13 points14 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This guy gets it!
[–]Half_HaltFDS Newbie6 points7 points8 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
And the sorry excuse, "We use it in the military!" Usually from some guy who flunked out of basic training 2 decades ago...
[–]FilibusterQueenFDS Newbie27 points28 points29 points 3 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
Only acceptable in academic/technical writing contexts imo! Like % of female applicants/users!
[–]ovra360FDS Newbie28 points29 points30 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
And even your example sentence used it as an adjective rather than a noun, which isn’t as bad.
[–]Winesday_addamsFDS Newbie7 points8 points9 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
If an academic paper uses "female" as a noun then it is not grammatically correct.
[–]Littlebunny080FDS Newbie3 points4 points5 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Ughh if you knew how much I hate this word it’s so degrading
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Lol I'm going to start calling men males and watch how they get offended
[–]letsnotansaywedidFDS Newbie2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I say yes except for the dad from Friday Night Dinner. He’s the exception, the black swan. Shit on it!
[–]karebearkilla79FDS Newbie5 points6 points7 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Lol. Well, except for drill sergeants. Everyone is a female or male until you get rank.
[–]Throwitaway_72946FDS Newbie2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
T.R.U.T.H!!! Straight facts.
[–]Efflights6FDS Newbie0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Exactly.
[–]fantasizeabout-david1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
It’s like female what?! Chimp?! Cow?! So annoying.
[–]whatiidwbwyFDS Newbie0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Also: "Birds"
[–]marloindisbich0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I don't take advice from dudes that wear turtlenecks
[–]WittyUserName614Pickmeisha™️0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This this THIS!!!
[–]ms_monquisFDS Disciple0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This “controversy” is endlessly fascinating.
I wonder if the people who say “it’s just a word / it’s accurate” etc would say the same thing to... I was going to try to use an ethnic slur in this example and can’t even bring myself to do it.
Point is, it’s members of the group in question who decide whether something is offensive, and everyone naturally knows this. But in this case, it’s somehow still an argument.
(Fully aware that it isn’t actually a slur, no matter how hard some people try. It’s just interesting how quickly the rules change if a woman is speaking.)
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