quark did say females that are pregnant are considered rentals.
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incels ruining basic biology words
So like the Sunnyvale mayor in a weird costume?
Are you talking that drunk bastard Jim Lahey or that no-shirt, lawn-mowing, 15-cheeseburger-eating prick?
My grandmother used that word a lot but she was born in 1934 so I knew she wasn't using it incelulously but I also couldn't help but visualize Quark everytime she said it
Strangely enough, whenever I’ve personally been around someone that said “females”, they had at least 1 or 2 of those facial features in common with the image.
Yes, call em bitches like a normal person.
Is it worse than “girls” when talking about women?
I don't really see an inherent problem with girls. Girls is the female version of guys as well, not just boys. Nobody really says things like gals anymore. It's just sort of casual.
So...devastatingly handsome?
Would you look at the lobes on that 🥰
You can clearly see he has the lobes for business 💕
And just look at that dashing smile. And such good hygiene. He clearly uses his tooth sharpener regularly.
His moogy does it for him.
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/r/incels had a CSS feature that would insert little ferengi heads every time someone used the word “female.”
That's amazing
Honestly I feel like I'm gonna get myself in trouble every time I use "female" at all. There isn't really another adjective to use though. Saying "woman boxer" has a totally different meaning than "female boxer" for example. Oh well, I don't really value the opinion of people who would fault me for stepping on linguistic bear trap anyway.
Female is a great adjective and a poor noun.
such a female thing to say.
/s
There’s “gal” or “lady”
Female birds generally have less colorful plumage than male birds.
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I'm stumped. What do you call a group of female humans without implying anything about their ages? i.e. they can be old ladies or newborns, or anywhere in between.
this reminds me of a mental pebble in my shoe, sometimes it feels like there is an age category problem, "woman" still feels too old/mature no matter how old I get and "girls" sounds too young at this point, "chicks" is my go to because feels vague enough but maybe I just need work on my vocabulary
I've been recently trying to phase my usage of "girls" out when referring to women, because it's unintentionally belittling. I've settled on just saying "woman" when referring to an adult woman in general.
Of course, if you're referring to a woman in person, you need to refer to her as "milady" and tip your hat. That's just basic etiquette.
Lady? Gal? Feminoid? I think context and tone matter a lot too.
I try to stick to pal and comrade these days but it's hard to beat decades of habit.
But foids are known to spike cortisol levels
Girl is a child. Woman is an adult. Young woman if it's vaguely in between.
Female if you're doing medicine or science.
The girl lost her doll. The woman paid her taxes. The young women got dropped off at the movies. The female puffin lays one egg per season and shares the burden of caring for the puffling equally with their mate.
Are they acually called pufflings? (pretty great if they are)
Speaking generously, I can see what you mean. But I think people only have this problem when they are used to calling people “girls” far too long. If you shake that bad habit, you won’t find yourself coming into conflict with these terms so often.
May I suggest the term “young women” as a highly respectful way to refer to younger folks. And if you are truly in doubt or referring to a mixed group, “ladies” is an alternative too.
I don’t recommend “chicks.” Some people are okay with it but many are not. A chick is a newly hatched bird, so this is quite infantilizing.
“Dudette”
Nobody really knows what to make of it because they seem to think they’re encountered a time-traveling surfer.
Being in my thirties "young women" feels like I'm trying to play some sort of epstien judo
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Whenever someone says females but doesn't specify the species, I assume they mean goats.
Aren't you going to tell us about the experience that led you to that?
I downloaded the wrong version of Goat Simulator and it awoke... Something..
Something... Baa'aad
I’m going to adopt that as a personal reading rule, right up there with “if the headline ends with a question mark, the answer is no.”
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