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

  • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Male or female vs man or woman are just adjectives vs nouns they both used to reference both gender. Using one for sex and the other for gender is simply inaccurate. This is why one may say that someone is a transgender woman but one never hears that someone is a male woman unless its M A I L woman.

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      2 months ago

      English is an organic language and can shift subtly with each speaker,. Especially if prior usage makes communication more difficult.

      NOT having distinct terms for sex and gender makes communication and understanding harder. If you have alternate terms you think are better I’d love to hear them., but if all you have is an insistence that “incorrect English” is a thing I’ll just have to wish you a good day.