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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s an adjective, that’s fine. It’s about using “females” as a noun.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yep. Same with saying "a Trans Woman" versus "a Trans".

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago
[–] eleitl@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

Transformers, both the electrical and cybertronian variant

[–] alx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does it matter, tho? Does every trans person need to be defined by their assigned gender? Do they need to be inserted in a binary system?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I am a genderless blob :3