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

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If you want to only specify gender then that is the correct word to use. If someone wants to be derogative towards a certain group, the said person can twist the context of almost every known word so that it sounds rude and disrespectful. Does not mean everyone else should stop using that word in the correct context. I don't know what else to say.

[-] Nikko882@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's equally, or more, correct to say "female/male people". It's just like "poor people" is ok, but "the poors" makes you sound like an asshat. Including "people" makes the difference.

[-] elidoz@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

counterpoint:

man and men, just like woman and women sound the same when speaking

male and males, female and females is clearer

[-] pmc 11 points 1 year ago

how do you pronounce man/men/woman/women? man and men might be confusable but woman and women are very different pronunciations

[-] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It probably depends on slight differences in regional dialect. Where I am from I would say woman and women are often pronounced pretty similarly, while man and men are easier to tell apart.

In my region, woman is often pronounced with an 'uh' sound, like womuhn. It's pretty easy to confuse with women. I have noticed that people in my area will sometimes vary up the 'wo' part of women and woman depending on which one they are using. So women becomes 'wimen', and woman becomes 'wumuhn'.

[-] lengau@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

Enunciate.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

So does sheep and sheep

It doesn't really matter

[-] skye@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

counterpoints:

This would only hold up if the person is using male/female and not man/female

And assuming this still holds up, why not go with male/woman? The type of people to use this shouldn't be bothered, i mean thry throw the term "alpha male" all the time

Oh wait, i think the solution is to just use man/woman unless you're in a very biological discussion

[-] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Isn't it /mæn/ and /mɛn/, /ˈwʊm ən/ and /ˈwɪm ɪn/? Can be a bit hard to differenciate in the first case, but the second pair is very different.

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[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I know/knew several women that say "females". The aphorism holds up in that case as well.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Urg, i get second hand embarrassment everytime i hear/read it, i's disgusting lol

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any females?

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