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Is "female" offensive? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word "female", is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?

I don't know if this is the best place to ask, if it's not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

::: spoiler Discussion of offensive racial language

There's a similar distinction with "black" in regards to race. Referring to someone as a black person or people as black folks is largely acceptable. Referring to someone as a "black" or people as "blacks" on the other hand sounds old fashioned at best and actively dehumanizing at worst.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Voyager has spoilers! It’s not in the markdown toolbar yet but if you know the syntax it works

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    Hi there

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