• Depress_Mode@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      From what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.

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        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.

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          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.