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Man who calls women "females" hopes to one day be allowed within 500 meters of one (chaser.com.au)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Nero@sopuli.xyz to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] yildolw@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Adjective vs noun. Noun-izing some adjectives makes them sound like a slur

A black doctor vs a black.

A Jewish doctor vs a jew.

A female doctor vs a female.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the explanation. It's too bad it's seen as a slur, as it's really useful to group women and girls with one word. As is "male", for men and boys. This one doesn't appear to be seen as a slur, though.