• voxel@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    ugh i hate the word “females”. why not just say “women”

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      2 months ago

      Because the study is clearly talking about goats. You only use the word “women” when you’re talking about humans.

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      2 months ago

      In the context of this discussion, the chart title is “young male virginity on the rise”, so it doesn’t seem too far off the mark.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah male virginity. Male is an adjective in this case.

        Male or especially Female as a noun, has a very weird ring to it. Sounds kinda disrespectful, as said above, like your talk about cattle…

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          2 months ago

          Eh, monkey see word male, monkey think female appropriate word to use when discussing things.

          Monkey brain is not the smart brain, but I understand where it’s coming from.