cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/7556
I feel like this is important enough to share, but wasn’t sure where to share it, but think it might be helpful for everyone to update their vocab.
the sub that said this is r/MenAndFemales
What about lady, lass, lassie, miss, etc?
Personal opinion:
- “girl” is like “boy”: it’s applied to kids so young that the distinction doesn’t make much sense and is in fact used to reproduce the gender binary… i would personally say “child” in all cases
- “female” is like “male”: it’s a biological descriptor, which is far from accurate (not every physiology fits in the binary) ; it’s used by some incels and other masculinists to dehumanize women
- women/men is a subjective social construct, so this division can be experienced as a violence by people who don’t fit in the expected role… in absolute these concepts don’t make sense, but since we live in a patriarchal society the distinction does make sense and putting a word on it is important to understand gender oppression
So we’re all people after all, but in this society there are two “classes” of gender as some materialist marxists would say (some would argue more than 2). Beyond that political analysis, i don’t think having separate words for men and women makes much sense.
Beyond that political analysis, i don’t think having separate words for men and women makes much sense.
It’s useful for dating apps, since you can click what you’re interested in.
“girl” is like “boy”: it’s applied to kids so young that the distinction doesn’t make much sense and is in fact used to reproduce the gender binary… i would personally say “child” in all cases
Is interesting, because ‘girl’s night out’ and ‘me and boys’ are phrases that apply to adults.
