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.
It was a screenshot of a mod on R×ddit that had taken down a comment where the user had posted the singular comment of “a female’s behind” and deleted all the comments disagreeing with the decision.
The OOP of the post was outraged by the “mod overreach”.
I’m not sure I’m of the opinion that the mod was right in the decision for mass deletion, but, judging by all the Lemmy comments outraged by people not liking those who disagreed with the use of the word “female”, this seems to be a much deeper problem.