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...or "female presenting"
As I noted the previous time this was posted, that is a sail, not a flag. They are different things, and I can't get past that.
No problem with the overall joke, but it is a sail!
Itβs a really big red flag when a cartoonist refers to a sail as a flag
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"I refer to sails as flags"
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Aa much as some people do use it in a dehumanizing way, I am gonna get angry at anyone who unleashes their anger to random people, someone might not realize their error or even have english as their second or third language which does create a problem; please before getting angry, consider their intent and situation.
They also might be doing it because woman and female satisfy different grammatical properties. It bugs me when people say "woman president". It's just bad grammar. No one would say "Bill Clinton was a man president". It makes people sound like they are in preschool.
Female as an adjective isn't frowned upon, is it? It has a misogynistic connotation when used as a noun.
Exactly. Female is an adjective to describe an aspect of a person, so the argument above you is disengenuous. Saying someone is a "black woman" is also not offensive because a woman is a person. Calling someone "a blackie" absolutely would be offensive, just like referring to women as "females" reduces their humanity to a sex organ. Its not complicated until people start trying to normalize mysogeny. Pretending "female president" is equally respectful as "a female" is rediculous.
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Common sense, you say? How dare you!?
Nuance!? On the internet!?!?
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Remember, it is okay to use "female" as an adjective when it comes to women, but don't use it as a noun!
And especially don't say "Men and females"!
Also, don't say "Male and Womens" is also wrong too by the way!
To be more inclusive I recommend Men and Nonmen. /s
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In the army thatβs what they say
I've had a few conversations with my wife about this. Not army but military. We said either male Marines or female Marines depending on the situation or planning out movements and counts.
She said as long as you call the male version male then it's less problematic. The problem is when you use the adjective female as a noun and call them females instead of female _________. That's one persons opinion anyway.
It's no different than any other group. If you refer to a Black person as "a Black" or a trans person as "a trans", that's not the polite way to say those things. It's not like saying a slur or anything, but it is as the comic suggests a red flag.
We did the same we said either rank, or what they looked like and then male or female type. Thatβs literally just how we were talked to in training and then while in garrison or down range that was still something they said especially in situations with similar names/ranks. I never used it civie side though so I guess I can see how it is offensive to just group people like that. But in the military when weβre all dressed the same sometimes it just works?
Maybe that's a sign of something.
And that would be?
Looks like a sail to me
She was living in a single room with three other individuals. One of them was a male, and the other two? Well, the other two were females. God only knows what they were up to in there. And furthermore, Susan, I wouldnβt be the least bit surprised to learn that all four of them habitually smoked marijuana cigarettesβ¦Β reefers.
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Together with: "I'm not racist, but..."
It feels like there should be a different category for that and "Females."
Like, "I don't like to talk politics" or "I only believe in traditional medicine" are red flags.
"Females" and "I'm not racist, but..." are howling, screaming, nuclear meltdown sirens.
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I'd like to see a chart that explains which circumstances are suitable for using the word "female," vs which circumstances are unsuitable tor using the word "female." It might be an entertaining chart.
Fairly simple:
Female as an adjective: acceptable, except when used unnecessarily to suggest their being female is an "other" category or otherwise seems irrelevant (e.g. "I went to the female podiatriast to get my ingrown toenail taken care of" or "I got cut off by a female driver on my way to work.")
Female as a noun: unacceptable, except in descriptive reports or scientific/medical references where the use of "female" can essentially be short for "female subject", (e.g. "white female, five foot seven, blonde, with a tattoo on right forearm" or "the female of the species tends to be larger than the males...")
Basically, adjective: yes, when relevant
Noun: no, unless your are specifically supposed to by policy or convention.
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