Nero to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-25 months agoMan who calls women "females" hopes to one day be allowed within 500 meters of onechaser.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1924arrow-down138
arrow-up1886arrow-down1external-linkMan who calls women "females" hopes to one day be allowed within 500 meters of onechaser.com.auNero to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square236fedilink
minus-squareAksamit@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·5 months agoWhy can’t you say ‘woman’ when refering to a woman?
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·5 months agoSometimes it feels awkward. I’m getting used to it but for some reason it’s unnatural. My women friends in real life also find it weird to say women, they also say females.
minus-squareAksamit@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoDo you also have ‘man friends’ in real life? Or do you say ‘male friends’?
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoI don’t really say man either, I guess I would prefer to say male friends or guy friends.
Why can’t you say ‘woman’ when refering to a woman?
Sometimes it feels awkward. I’m getting used to it but for some reason it’s unnatural. My women friends in real life also find it weird to say women, they also say females.
Do you also have ‘man friends’ in real life? Or do you say ‘male friends’?
I don’t really say man either, I guess I would prefer to say male friends or guy friends.