zialucina
zialucina t1_iwecc5o wrote
Reply to comment by trikristmas in TIFU by not getting back with my EX when I had the chance! by Longjumping_Chair639
I don't hear men referred to as males very often. People usually just say men. That would bother me too if it was something in frequent use.
And most definitely there aren't a significant and vocal population of women who refer to men as males purposely to dehumanize them, so when it is used, it's more likely to just be seen as weird as an individual comment and not a cultural issue.
Btw I'm not talking about when someone identifies themselves like me (f45) and my partner (m41) kind of way.
zialucina t1_iwdpfhw wrote
Reply to comment by trikristmas in TIFU by not getting back with my EX when I had the chance! by Longjumping_Chair639
No. Woman is a noun that specifically refers to adult humans. "Female" is an adjective that describes physical sex characteristics of many millions of species from plants to animals, and even sometimes inanimate objects. Unless you say "female person" it's very, very dehumanizing outside of a clinical setting. Internet or no.
zialucina t1_iwh9yi3 wrote
Reply to comment by trikristmas in TIFU by not getting back with my EX when I had the chance! by Longjumping_Chair639
My first comment explicitly excludes clinical contexts. Formal reports, medical studies and literature, etc are clinical.