Honestly Ladies, Whats Wrong In Being called a ''Female'' ?

[Fun Sized Psycho]

The fake outrage on this topic is crazy as fucc..

the amount of replies from women on social media about not being called ''female'' is mind blowing..

I never knew shyt was a big deal like this...

Do you like being called female ?

Why do you think the outrage is fake? Just because you feel it to be a non issue the outrage isn't real?

They get offended when you call them a female because they claim it de-humanizes them yet they call each other bytches aka female dogs.

Not all women call each other bytches. If I were to call someone a bytch, it won't be in a friendly manner.

it still doesn't make sense to me as we are still using male when we refer to men

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Ok this is understandable.

It's highly semantic, and I doubt this is peoples intention when using the word.

But at least theres sound logic behind it. I never understood why women saw it as offensive.

Now lets see if those same women go after people calling men "males'

99% of the time when men and women are being disused! and the term female is used instead of woman! man is used instead of male.
I've never heard anyone refer to men as males, (unless it was on the coli to make a point.-- so you guys can see how stupid it is)

Furthermore, some guys on here have specifically said they used the term female because the terms 'lady' or women' don't describe the people they're talking about (these women don't act like women according to whoever it was that made that statement.)

 

[RoyalQ]

Females is reductive and arguably offensive because it strips humanity from a gender... like @Matt504 said a female could be animal or vegetable, a woman can only be human.

The real kicker is whether it's routinely used in a positive way - "These females..." is pretty much guaranteed to have a negative comment after it. Men saying it is hardly like white people using the n-bomb, but it's on the same road.

It's rare that a group of men will be referred to as "These males...", more likely "These men", "These guys" etc which shines a light on the double-standard.

whenever guys use "female" its almost always in a fukkboi way. Its never "this female is amazing, i really think she's the one brehs ." no. Its more like "These females are annoying as fukk. How you come to an after party and you dont wanna fukk. "

and you can see the difference in coli threads. Whenever they are talking about getting p*ssy they'll use females, whenever they are talking about something more respectable like how beautiful black women are they'll use woman.

 

[Matt504]

whenever guys use "female" its almost always in a fukkboi way. Its never "this female is amazing, i really think she's the one brehs ." no. Its more like "These females are annoying as fukk. How you come to an after party and you dont wanna fukk. "

and you can see the difference in coli threads. Whenever they are talking about getting p*ssy they'll use females, whenever they are talking about something more respectable like how beautiful black women are they'll use woman.

the wild part is they're completely oblivious to it.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

Statements starting with "these women...."

"These men......."

"These Asians......"

And "these everything else......"

All are usually followed by negative generalization.

While I have no problem not using the word for the simple fact that some people are offended. This is not really a good argument against using the word

So what? Would it be anymore different if someone were to say "these women are crazy" or "these women are dumb" as apposed to these females? Either way the majority of you would still note it all as disparaging when in reality it's just giving your viewpoint. Just because women get in their feelings about these types of things doesn't make them any more degrading not or any less valid.

Again that's why I provided the other examples. We constantly are arguing about the coded language against black folks but we won't do the same for women considering they are the majority of our population. Saying "so what" about it is a perfect way to alienate half of the people we are supposed to be allied with and dismissing the things that they hold important.

How does this not make sense?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

99% of the time when men and women are being disused! and the term female is used instead of woman! man is used instead of male.
I've never heard anyone refer to men as males, (unless it was on the coli to make a point.-- so you guys can see how stupid it is)

Furthermore, some guys on here have specifically said they used the term female because the terms 'lady' or women' don't describe the people they're talking about (these women don't act like women according to whoever it was that made that statement.)

I hear men being referred to as "males" all the time.

Now if you are talking about ignorant divisive internet language then yes. I see your point, female can and is used as a negative reference to women.

 

[Retired Account]

I don't but if I refer to someone as a nikka and they tell me they would prefer not to be referred to as such, I'm not going to continue calling them a nikka.

stark contrast to:

If someone tells me that they don't like when i call them something then I'll stop but that isn't the question.

Black people get offended when a white person calls them nikka yet they call each other nikkas.

White people say nikka now

Its dehumanizing.
@RaneDolzNikeMonster "bytches" has long since been a derogatory term toward women that they've since reclaimed. Its still derogatory if used by a man.
@God's Gift. "nikkas" has long since been a derogatory term toward Black people in general that we've since reclaimed. Its still derogatory if used by a person who is not Black.
I almost never hear "female" used as a casual reference to a woman outside of the Black community, and it isn't a term to be reclaimed, its a biological term that should stay that way. It sounds odd, and forced anyway.

I understand your point but i don't know anyone who cares about the actual definition of any word. Males and woman aren't nice sounding words.

 

[Fun Sized Psycho]

I wonder why I mostly see black men referring to women as females....

 

[King Jae]

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This has nothing to do with Feminism, it has everything to to with not being a dikk to the other humans around me, of which women are about 56-60%.

but if it did it would be under the assumption that a board of mostly black/latino males would be talking about mostly black/latino women in their conversation. White Feminists aren't even in my scope right now.

You got it sparky.....shyts dumb no matter how you slice it....if you have that much time to be worried about something trivial as this.....hustle harder... Do you hear how females talk to each other....seriously this is bullshyt....guess I need to find something to be fake outraged about to fit in... Its not going to get you the puss...shyt is homotional....

 

[RaneDolzNikeMonster]

I agree, the referring to women as females is just as disparaging as it was a century ago, the difference is that a century ago, women's voices were even more marginalized than they are now so them expressing their contempt for being referred to as female would have largely fallen on deaf ears, kind of like it still is in 2015 unfortunately.

You're missing the point bud, either that or choosing to ignore it. The word female itself is not disparaging regardless of the context it's used in it's still just a word. If someone were to say "women belong in the kitchen" I don't see how that's any more or less disparaging as saying "females belong in the kitchen." All you're doing is going on some kind of feminist power trip by arguing a nonsensical point as to why a word that holds absolutely no sexist or chauvinistic denotation should be seen as some evil sexist word that shouldn't be used by anyone.

 

[Soundbwoy]

isn't feminist derived from female

 

[Fun Sized Psycho]

Now if you are talking about ignorant divisive internet language then yes. I see your point, female can and is used as a negative reference to women.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. I don't come across men in real life that refer to women as females, unless they're using it as a descriptive term.

 

[Matt504]

You're missing the point bud, either that or choosing to ignore it. The word female itself is not disparaging regardless of the context it's used in it's still just a word. If someone were to say "women belong in the kitchen" I don't see how that's any more or less disparaging as saying "females belong in the kitchen." All you're doing is going on some kind of feminist power trip by arguing a nonsensical point as to why a word that holds absolutely no sexist or chauvinistic denotation should be seen as some evil sexist word that shouldn't be used by anyone.

no one is saying that the word female shouldn't be used, what they are saying is that when referring to HUMAN females, refer to them as WOMEN. very simple.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Again that's why I provided the other examples. We constantly are arguing about the coded language against black folks but we won't do the same for women considering they are the majority of our population. Saying "so what" about it is a perfect way to alienate half of the people we are supposed to be allied with and dismissing the things that they hold important.

How does this not make sense?

I didn't say "so what" I said i respect the fact that some people find it offensive.

As you say code language exists. Like the way the word "thug" is thrown around to reference young black folks. I get that, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna think EVERYONE who uses the word is a racist, nore do I think it should be eradicated from everyday language.

And furthermore that code language we fight against has real social implications IE Michael Brown was a "thug" therefore his death was justifiable.

I don't see any clear negative social implications of using the word female over woman other than hurt feelings.

 

[RaneDolzNikeMonster]

Again that's why I provided the other examples. We constantly are arguing about the coded language against black folks but we won't do the same for women considering they are the majority of our population. Saying "so what" about it is a perfect way to alienate half of the people we are supposed to be allied with and dismissing the things that they hold important.

How does this not make sense?

Well bud if you find the literal translations of the context in which the word "female" is used wouldn't it make more sense to attack the message rather than the word itself? Because I don't see how using the word woman in place of female on the phrase "she's crazy" should make the phrase any more or less degrading in your eyes.

 

[Knuckles Red]

Another reason why you shouldn't refer to a woman as "female" is because you don't know if she's cis or trans. It might be very insulting to said woman if she's having gender identity issues.