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[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

When you need a multi-paragraph explanation as to differentiate femicide from domestic abuse; your point invalidates.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 2 days ago

You don't need a multi-paragraph explanation. Femicide is the murder of a woman by a man, and domestic abuse is violence against a domestic partner or family member.

One situation can apply to both terms, but neither implies the other.

[-] prole 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's a legal term, and when you're talking about potentially taking away a person's freedom (or possibly their life), you need these words to have very very specific definitions.

Sounds like the perfect reason to have different words. Who would want to type that out every time? I'm sure someone could spend several paragraphs describing the difference between fur and hair, or stucco vs plaster.

If you don't care about the difference between two words, then those words probably weren't invented for you. Someone else who works with that nuance on a daily basis probably really likes that they can sum things up briefly.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

We aren't the ones who needed a multi-paragraph explanation to differentiate between domestic abuse and femicide; the difference between the two is rather large and made rather obvious by one of the words being gendered while the other is not

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