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submitted 7 months ago by Eximius@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

My cat is a girl, is girl now offensive as it refers to “all species”?

It’s a ridiculous argument, based on some “scientific” basis of a word that doesn’t hold up in everyday speech and seems to stem entirely from Americans.

We use male/female all the time in Australia, it’s not an issue and doesn’t carry negative social connotations. Referring to a group of women as females sounds grammatically wrong, but that’s about it.

[–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that's universally true. Most parts of Australia I've been to have the same nuance of "females" often being used by assholes in a demeaning way and seen as somewhat dehumanising in some contexts (but not all).

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

We don’t do stupid shit like say “woman athletes ” over “female athletes” like seppos do.