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[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Those guys are the rapiest ones. It's disingenuous to act like the types of men who call women 'females' aren't the same guys who neg, space invade and spike drinks.

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (18 children)

I don't understand. My girlfriend calls women "females".

So long as you're not using it in a disrespectful way, there's no reason why women can't be called what they are. What's next? Getting upset because I call it a vagina instead of a "pussy"?

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[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Ok I will totally admit that, especially when during DEI discussions or other similar meetings, when my brain is about to say "woman" I can freak out and over-correct and I have absolutely said "females".

I used to say "boys and girls", even my female wife says "girls" is fine, but 1 time in 2009 I got yelled at for using "girls" and I have never recovered.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

a real alpha man like me

ICING ON TOP.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Some of the guys I know seem to use it because they think it's a more PC way of saying it. One of them is married with kids who he has a good relationship with.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I say females and am one. Title has me wondering if it's from hearing it so frequently.

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