• BirdEnjoyer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Well, here he’s clearly using “Females” to be exclusive and offensive, demonstrating that the term does, in fact, have that potential, is my point.

    It is kinda nice when trying to figure out other cultures’ taboos, that you can get something as cut and dry as “this word or concept can show up in a news article when politicians misuse it.”
    Kinda intimidating, but also a useful frame of reference, because then there’s post like yours which specify that its context-specific.

    It can be really frustrating when you spend years tiptoeing around something, only to find out that the person you learned it from just had weird personal hangups or something.