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Using "male" and "female" as nouns is offensive because it dehumanizes the subject and reduces them to their gender.
A "woman" is inherently human -- specifically an adult female human. By calling that person only "a female" you remove their humanity and maturity, leaving only their sex. This is why it's so common for creepy types, and why it's so creepy, because it betrays that only one of those three descriptors is important to them.
It doesn't dehumanize anyone though, male and female are the two most common sexes in humanity so it being either doesn't disqualify you for humanity anymore than any other multi hyphenate.
Also no woman isn't specist in is etymology, its sexist technically we only take it as human because only a human can consent to enter into marriage.
Wif = wife / man = mankind. Literally the wif of men, technically you aren't even a woman if you aren't married or at least capable of being married.
Sorry. I didn't realize I was talking to the man in the article.
That's a non argument.
"You're a bad person! How dare you ask a legitimate question in a respectful way!"
Rather than "x is because of y" or "I'm sorry I'm not sure I can answer that" but rather going out of your way to be cruel.
So fun question, how is the way you're talking to me not dehumanizing.
Oh it is dehumanizing. You're crazy.
See another non answer and an insult. If you had an argument you'd make it and clearly you haven't because you don't. If someone asks a question maybe be nice or I dunno keep your hateful inside shit inside to save for a therapist.
No one owes you the pretense that you're not a kook.
Several people have given you reasonable answers and your responses have ranged from irrational nonsense to TimeCube lunacy.
Having given a reasonable answer and gotten tinfoil craziness in response, no rational person is going to continue interacting with you like you're rational.
I never said now implied anyone owed me anything, that's all in your imagination but does sorta parse or the type of person you are.
Yes, we are having a conversation, ie. An exchange of ideas and ideals. If someone says ""x is because of y" doesn't make sense to me because q is not y" for future reference the answer is almost never going to be "hah retard! Why are you so retarded!".
They're not tinfoil crazy questions or they'd be easy to answer, the fact you haven't answered them and instead turned to personal insults based on your personal perceptions of me proves you can't answer the question. You're literally proving my point as to why perception of offense is different than intended offense.
Hilariously inept, love it.
I like that you call some nonsense about woman meaning wifeman an "exchange of ideas". It's utter nonsense, so in what sense is it an idea - that you thought of it? Or have you been reading "A history of English words for people with preconceived notions"?
That's is literally it's origin, I'm sorry facts are offensive to you.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/woman
Takes three seconds to look up bud.
Yet you didn't bother to read it...
In what way boss. Vague answers aren't a thing worth giving in this context, you're not a yogi just say what you mean.
It's only vague because you can't read.
I've already explained this all ... but you can't read...
Use a source bud, nuh uh don't mean nothin.
You're the source. You post crazy shit. So you're crazy.
Really not hard....
You're the source. You post childish douchebaggy conments. So you're a douchebag.
Really not that hard.
Yep. That's the point. That's the rational way to approach irrational people.
You inserted yourself into a conversation not me so the hubris and feigning indignantion is straight up moronic.
You brought it up, kook...
Not at all. I was having a conversation with another person and you insisted your vile fucking personality into the situation.
Just further demonstrating your inability to read.
Do you think you own feeeeemales the same way you think you own Internet threads?
Bro you could not provide more accurate call outs for your own ineptitude.
A. I don't own anyone nor do I think anyone should be owned. B. I'm not six so I don't "pwn" anyone nor do I add inexplicable extra letters.
"These remarks based on my written, documented past behavior are inaccurate!"
Yeah buddy. That doesn't say it means or has ever meant wifeman. Woman has always, from its first use up to now, meant a female human. So you read things and then interpret them as having whatever meaning you like?
You're a bafoon. Quote where I said it meant wife man or in any way departed from the cited evidence.
You don't know what you're talking about, that's ok.
"Wif = wife / man = mankind. Literally the wif of men"
It meant no such thing, ever. Wif didnt mean wife when this word was created. It meant what we now mean by the word woman. And the word wifman in today's language would mean woman-person. It's right there in the article you linked that you are unable to understand, or quite possibley, chose to misunderstand.