🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoAnon studies human behaviorsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down122
arrow-up1365arrow-down1imageAnon studies human behaviorsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squarerenamon_silver@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoFemale is not a noun *outside of a scientific context.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year 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-up5arrow-down14·edit-21 year 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-up6arrow-down8·1 year 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?