🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 9 days agoAnon studies human behaviorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14
arrow-up199arrow-down1imageAnon studies human behaviorsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 9 days agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squarerenamon_silver@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoFemale is not a noun *outside of a scientific context.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·7 days 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-up4arrow-down9·edit-27 days 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-up5arrow-down4·7 days 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
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?