"When will people stop using the phrase "women and children" to treat men as subhuman and expendable in wartime? Children, yes. They're innocents. But women and men are adults, citizens. Their lives have equal value."

Found this post on Twitter/X and felt it was worth sharing. I know I often post a lot about how much I hate the "women and children" phrase and find it blatantly misandrist and exclusionary, but I always feel it counts as progress whenever it gets called out for being just that and people to demand it cease being used. Much as social media is full of all sorts of stupidity and ignorance, occasionally you find some intelligence and this is a shining and refreshing example.

"Women and children/girls" absolutely classifies male lives as being sub-human and expendable, like if they die or suffer during a tragedy it's no real loss and their lives have no worth or value, and don't deserve sympathy. When people say "Women and children are more vulnerable," well so are men. The vast majority of men (as well as boys) aren't combatant and being born male doesn't equate to being an invincible superhero who's impervious to all forms of harm and danger. A male who's someone's son, husband, father, brother, close friend, etc. by using this phrase it basically completely de-values his life and strips it of all worth. That may not be the intent but it very much comes off that way. It's a phrase that's equally misandrist and misogynistic, and is also very archaic. As a very liberal person, I find it's not equal or inclusive at all, and rejecting both the phrase and the notion of male lives as disposable would do wonders for vastly improving the Left's standing with males.