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17th February 2012

inflateablefilth:

lemonpie42:

My Beef With The Word ‘Female’ | The NYC Shitlist

face-down-asgard-up:

alsoyesalso:

wut4:

Let’s be honest here. The word ‘female’ is used when someone, maybe subconsciously, wants to distance themselves from the person in question. It makes any sentence more about the difference between genders. Just look at the general context of the word- I have never heard someone say, “That is my female!” or “I love that female.” Or even “She is a really smart female.” Well, I may have heard that last one. At a zoo.

Referring to women as “females” is a dehumanizing tactic.

ALWAYS REBLOG. If you call me a female, I will assume you are a misogynist dick until proven otherwise. No exceptions.

YES. Such a pet peeve of mine. I get so pissed off whenever I hear dudes talk about how they “don’t get females” or “what is up with these females”. It is so dehumanizing and disrespectful.

QUAAAARRRRK!

(Yes, this needed a Deep Space 9 Reference)

Damn, someone beat me to the Ferengi reference :P

Tagged: genderfemaleferengi

Source: golden-notebook

  1. chanoue reblogged this from daniellemertina and added:
    Hmm I’ve never thought...this.. very valid points though
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  5. riotnerd reblogged this from daniellemertina and added:
    ‘Female’ can be used in ways that are not directly meant to subordinate, but the term has a heavy history and a present...
  6. nerdyhbic reblogged this from sourcedumal
  7. daniellemertina reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:
    bell hooks definitely uses the word ‘female’ all the time in her books. I don’t know about other feminist writers....
  8. witchsistah reblogged this from sourcedumal
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  10. sourcedumal reblogged this from inflateablefilth and added:
    THIS!!!! I HATE when people use the word “females.” This ain’t the mothafuckin Animal Planet. When you address WOMEN,...
  11. flutterflyinvasion reblogged this from inflateablefilth and added:
    Damn, someone beat me to the Ferengi reference :P
  12. floorclaudiuscaroline reblogged this from inflateablefilth
  13. inflateablefilth reblogged this from lemonpie42 and added:
    QUAAAARRRRK! (Yes, this needed a Deep Space 9 Reference)
  14. lemonpie42 reblogged this from face-down-asgard-up
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  18. slutmobile reblogged this from schala and added:
    I….don’t get what the big deal is? I don’t know. maybe I’ve just never heard female used in a derogatory context before....
  19. nova-bright reblogged this from schala
  20. schala reblogged this from supersoygrrrl
  21. teenage-werecat reblogged this from hermione-ganja and added:
    Wow, as a “female” feminist I use the term a lot… I’ve never really gotten that vibe from the word, or heard it in that...
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  25. thebergeronprocess reblogged this from supersoygrrrl and added:
    LOL I used to have to edit instances of female like the ones described above to ‘women’ in opinion articles for the...
  26. supersoygrrrl reblogged this from face-down-asgard-up and added:
    All of this. This is such a huge fucking pet peeve and I don’t know when this trend started. I’m not a female turtle,...
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