🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agoAnon studies human behaviorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1389
arrow-up1389imageAnon studies human behaviorsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarerenamon_silver@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-211 months agoFemale is not a noun *outside of a scientific context.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoYes, it is. It’s just offensive to refer to a person as such when it’s not in a scientific or formal context.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 months agoA non-scientific, informal context was given. Show us the offense there. Singles communities, personals, classifieds, marketplaces offer abundant instances. This is straight-up misguided language policing. Again, what good is served by treating female like a toxic, dirty word?
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agodictionary entry: female noun a female person : a woman or a girl an individual of the sex that is typically capable of bearing young or producing eggs a pistillate plant
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months ago a pistillate plant I’m a hwat?
Female is not a noun *outside of a scientific context.
Yes, it is. It’s just offensive to refer to a person as such when it’s not in a scientific or formal context.
A non-scientific, informal context was given. Show us the offense there.
Singles communities, personals, classifieds, marketplaces offer abundant instances.
This is straight-up misguided language policing. Again, what good is served by treating female like a toxic, dirty word?
dictionary entry:
I’m a hwat?