• grandkaiser@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It may not be intentional, not plenty of women feel harmed, belittled, and ignored by the use of language like that. So we should stop using it. It doesn’t add anything, and it does, in fact, harm people.

    I understand your concern about the unintentional harm that gendered language can cause. While it’s true that language can affect people in non-obvious ways and I support the idea of being mindful of our words and reducing gendered language where possible, I also think it’s important to balance this with context and intent.

    And for the record, it’s not the meme, it’s the title of the post

    The title is a spin on the “Fellas, is it gay…” meme