Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 天前At least Quark had some integrity.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1966arrow-down137
arrow-up1929arrow-down1imageAt least Quark had some integrity.lemmy.worldPharmacokinetics@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 天前message-square121fedilink
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49arrow-down1·9 天前My personal rule is female adjective is okay, female noun is not.
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 天前From 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-28 天前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.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 天前 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.