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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] NekoRogue@slrpnk.net 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As a woman who is bothered by the "females" thing, "female humans" doesn't sound bad to me. It's because "female" is used as an adjective here. It's the same reason "black women" sounds fine, but "blacks" sounds bad. It's reducing someone to their gender only, as if they're not humans, too. It feels otherimg.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 months ago

Thanks for writing that out. I'd never quite groked why it (and similar wording) sounded wrong: reducing a person to an adjective.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it does bother me, but not for the same reason. It’s something I associate moderately with terf lingo. But it’s a yellow flag and not a red one