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minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·2 months agoMy personal rule is female adjective is okay, female noun is not.
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoFrom what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoJust don’t use male or female as nouns to refer to humans. That simple. If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months ago If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter. Not even that it doesn’t matter, it’s almost entirely the point. The reason why using ‘females’ as a noun to refer to women is dehumanizing is because it’s a noun we use for animals.
My personal rule is female adjective is okay, female noun is not.
From what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.
Just don’t use male or female as nouns to refer to humans. That simple. If you’re talking about animals it doesn’t matter.
Not even that it doesn’t matter, it’s almost entirely the point. The reason why using ‘females’ as a noun to refer to women is dehumanizing is because it’s a noun we use for animals.