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minus-squareSaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoWell depends on context i guess. Like saying “my women teacher” just doesn’t sound as good as “my female teacher”
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoFemale as the adjectival form of woman is normal and ok. As a noun for a human it tells me you’re on one of a few varieties of bullshit
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoCan you give an example of each?
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoAs a noun: “Females are often uncomfortable being called females.” As opposed to “Women are often uncomfortable being called females.” As an adjective: “The reported rate of sexual violence among female soldiers indicates a serious problem that is being insufficiently dealt with.”
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoMy teacher is female. My teacher is a female. The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That “a” is doing a lot of work lol.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe most offensive part is using the noun as plural when it’s meant to be singular, as in your example
minus-squarewatersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat’s an adjective, that’s fine. It’s about using “females” as a noun.
minus-squareNorah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYep. Same with saying “a Trans Woman” versus “a Trans”.
minus-squarealx@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoDoes it matter, tho? Does every trans person need to be defined by their assigned gender? Do they need to be inserted in a binary system?
minus-squareDroechai@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoTransformers, both the electrical and cybertronian variant
Well depends on context i guess. Like saying “my women teacher” just doesn’t sound as good as “my female teacher”
Female as the adjectival form of woman is normal and ok. As a noun for a human it tells me you’re on one of a few varieties of bullshit
Can you give an example of each?
As a noun: “Females are often uncomfortable being called females.” As opposed to “Women are often uncomfortable being called females.”
As an adjective: “The reported rate of sexual violence among female soldiers indicates a serious problem that is being insufficiently dealt with.”
My teacher is female.
My teacher is a female.
The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That “a” is doing a lot of work lol.
Latin languages:
The most offensive part is using the noun as plural when it’s meant to be singular, as in your example
That’s an adjective, that’s fine. It’s about using “females” as a noun.
Yep. Same with saying “a Trans Woman” versus “a Trans”.
“the transes”
A trans what? m2f? f2m?
Does it matter, tho? Does every trans person need to be defined by their assigned gender? Do they need to be inserted in a binary system?
Transformers, both the electrical and cybertronian variant