After this “fun” little catastrophe of a thread concerning the use of the word “female”, looking at the comment section, it’s painfully obvious that the majority of Lemmy’s userbase are men. That’s not a generalization, that’s a literal fact.
“It’s just a word!”, “Maybe English isn’t their first language!”, and “Overact much?” seem to be the most common replies.
So let’s do what should have been done in the first place and ask women their opinion:
What do you think of the word “female” being used? Especially in the context of the linked post in question? When is the use of the word appropriate vs. not appropriate?
EDIT: I think the post linked got taken down. Good.
I’m in the military and female/male is used very often instead of woman/man at work. I really haven’t thought much about it until recently and I have made it a point to use man/woman instead of male/female at work. I have never used male/female as a noun outside of work. Any other women in the military have an opinion on this?
I don’t think it’s much of a issue when used in conjunction with each other.
I’m not in the military, though. Different “culture” and a whole other beast altogether, so I don’t think I’m qualified to give a very informed opinion on this, fwiw.
I believe the point of the military is the dehumanization of both men and women, that’s exactly why they are doing it, they want cogs to insert into the machine, not people.
It’s obviously wrong, but it’s not a sexism thing either, at least there.
In the miltary everybody is referred to as male/female. At least it’s not man/female.