After this “fun” little catastrophe of a thread concerning the use of the word “female”, looking at the comment section, it’s painfully obvious that the majority of Lemmy’s userbase are men. That’s not a generalization, that’s a literal fact.
“It’s just a word!”, “Maybe English isn’t their first language!”, and “Overact much?” seem to be the most common replies.
So let’s do what should have been done in the first place and ask women their opinion:
What do you think of the word “female” being used? Especially in the context of the linked post in question? When is the use of the word appropriate vs. not appropriate?
EDIT: I think the post linked got taken down. Good.
I’m about to test drive my new response to Men and Females type posts and comments.
The plan is to go along with the conversation as long as possible, before it becomes apparent that I just assumed we were talking about female spotted hyenas:
“Well I definitely wouldn’t want any females to be mad at me. I just find their laughter and pseudo-penises to be intimidating”.
“I’m talking about female spotted hyenas! What the hell are you talking about?”
“Well you’re the one who failed to specify the species or the age range for that matter!”