SRD discusses: Is "female" a weird word?

48  2017-02-19 by itsaboyffxiv

93 comments

Full disclosure: as someone who also spent most of his twenties as not a pussy, female and male don't trigger me, either.

as someone who also spent most of his twenties as not a pussy

There's an implication here that you've since grown into a pussy.

My screen name is that of a child who plays a video game. Even if you didn't know I posted on /r/drama, you could guess most women could beat me within an inch of my life.

Me too thanks

I didn't know you existed outside of college football season.

I pretty much just hibernate those 8 months of the year

This is possible.

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It just sounds weird when referring to people in any other sense than medical or anything classifying

it's because of the star track thing, right?

That's what I always thought

spoken like a true female

Well what word should I use to refer to girls and women of all ages?

"The help"

Chicks

m'ladies

Bitches.

It's a linguistic microaggression.

it is because female is an adjective and people use it as a noun

SRD is such shit that my only other resort for dramatic happenings is this autismo haven of degenerates.

sad!

It kindof is, gives off a neckbeards vibe when used in a non-scientific environment. "The feeeeeeeeeemales are rejecting me!What do?!"

They bitch about anything you call them

Woman: "What am I old?"

Girls: "You patronizing me?"

Gals: "Misogny!!!"

Fuckin "mamm" is the one that gets me. I had to talk to a lot of southern women at work and not saying mamm to anyone above the age of like 20 was rude. Now saying it here is apparently insulting like I'm calling em "granny" or something. Zz

It's ma'am btw.

Thanks, knew that looked weird

Did you think it was short for mammary?

That is why I just go with broads and chicks

Tomato is a good old school one.

Tomato. Yeah. That's the stuff.

They are most angry about not being called at all.

They bitch about anything you call them

Bingo.

/u/SpoopySkeleman

its kind of weird to just refer to women as "females", especially when you don't refer to men as "males"

But that apparently only works one way. Nobody bats an eye if you use "males and women" in the same sentence.

When I first saw an SJWs complaining about the juxtaposition of "men and females" (like you just did), I decided to make a point to use the opposite wording ("males and women") as often as possible, just to see if anyone would ever react to it the way you, and others, react to the perceived slight of "men and females." I didn't save them all, so I'm having to search to find them now, but here are some examples:

Nobody has ever, in all the time I've been doing this, called me out on it. It only ever bothers people when women are referred to as "female" and as /u/Allanon_2020, they get angry no matter what they're called. More importantly, neither you /u/SpoopySkeleman nor anyone else can actually articulate what that is. You feel something, but you cannot explain it. Your attempts to explain it fail because when the wording is reversed (as I showed above), it doesn't garner the same response.

But I'm very charitable, so I'll go ahead and explain it to you - I'll tell you why you're feeling what you're feeling. It's called "automatic in-group bias." It's an instinct (that's why you experience it as a feeling) to protect women. You're hypersensitive to anyone so much as pointing a finger at a woman. It's burned into your DNA for you to react this way. And when you complain about someone using the word "female" you're no different than moth flying toward a bright light - you're just following that instinct. You don't have a rational reason for your feeling, even though you can invent a rationalization post-hoc. You're just blindly following your instincts.

This is beautiful.

You mean... white knighting?

Productive autism.

Do you know any black people?

how is it never brought up in these threads how much black people like to say "females"

Because those people are down voted and then banned for trolling.

and they all look like different variations of schoolboy q. where did this shit come from

When we wuz was a fad on Facebook, lots of black men kinda tried to pretend to be ancient Egyptians.

I had a professor who talked like that

I think it was supposed to be a star trek reference?

Ferengi are known for saying females a lot since they see them as possessions, at least in TNG and earlier DS9. Pathetic hu-man.

i mean i know what it would be a reference to, just didn't know if he was doing a ferengi voice on purpose because he kinda sounded like one anyway

Yeah it's kind of autistic in the sense of being coldly rational.

Not surprised at the amount of rabid ableism on SRD.

Spoken like a true white male

Then we need another word that covers girls and women of all ages.

Most languages don't, and it's never been a problem. Referring to people like you're narrating a nature documentary seems far weirder than, god forbid, having to use two different words.

Spanish makes it pretty easy. So does Japanese.

True. English, German, and French certainly don't though - their words that would fit best are really only ever used when referrring to animals.

lol that thread is classic srd i love the sub but damn

creepy and gross :(

Creepy, gross, problematic.

Nobody want it.

I find it annoying. Id rather be called a bitch tbh.

Shut up, whore.

Kys.

Reported for hate speech.

Like anyone cares about your feelings.

Is that what guys say after they fuck you and give you 20 dollars?

Oh please I charge more than that

Obviously, the only correct way to refer to women is by using their numerical rating.

it's weird as a noun

theyve got a point tho. when someone uses female as a noun over an adjective its almost always cringy

Well that's kinda the point. For a huge chunk of normal, non-SRD people, it's just a thing. It's not typical but it's not very weird, either.

It's like getting upset about someone calling "soda" "pop". It might be kinda weird but to freak out over it because of social justice is a uniquely retarded POV.

  1. pop makes me upset because michigan is a trash state

  2. what region is it a normal to call women females? doesnt really seem equivalent

Besides, it's "soft drink".

Normal people just call them all "coke".

Normal people just call them all "coke soda".

It's not regional, it's cultural: black and in military-industrial circles.

Military-industrial usage isn't a cultural dialect, it's technical jargon, same with medical/ scientific. In a technical field, female is proper.

Culturally speaking, it's true that it's common vernacular among some black people. It's a also in common usage among neckbeards which is pretty obvious that's the usage we're referring to with comic book characters as "females". It's cringy because neckbeards generally don't understand or have experience with women as a significant other. Usage of the term reduces them to some technical classification. It's pretty obvious to me why it's offensive in some contexts.

Military-industrial usage isn't a cultural dialect

I assure you, it is. There's lots of things that are cultural in various communities.

jar·gon1 ˈjärɡən/ noun special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.

Whether or not you'd like to call it a 'cultural dialect', 'jargon' is a much more specific definition of profession related terminology. Its also totally beside the point. I know people from all those professions who speak of females all day, it's just that when they get home and speak conversationally they call them women like normal people do. The reason neckbeards refer to women as "females" has nothing to do with technical language bleeding into common language.

Yeah "female" isn't a special word nor is it difficult for others to understand. So no, not jargon.

Kinda obviously.

Yes, it is cultural. There's lots of words that military folk use in conversation.

Is this a joke? I know plenty of military 'folk' who don't refer to women as 'females.' The fact that anyone here is pretending that female is standard military terminology is ridiculous. It's not. Military guys and girls, of which I know and have known so many, don't mindlessly call women 'females' like you think.

Oh, you know someone in the military? Nevermind then.

Hahaha yeah I do. I'm 37 and multiple family members and friends. They don't call anyone 'females'. Do you know any one in the militaty,, fellow redditor?

I was only in for 12 years, you fucking moron. Female and male isn't used very often, but it's not bizarre to hear either, as multiple people have pointed out repeatedly.

It's not "jargon".

Cool for you. I still know literally dozens of people in the military including active members. It's technical language therefore 'jargon'. I didn't make up the word 'jargon' neither is it official 'cultural dialect'. There's appropriate times to call a woman a 'female' in technical matters.

No calls their wife a 'female'. No one call a significant other a 'female'. I don't give a shit how long you've done anything. If you have a wife she isn't your 'female'. You are wrong about everything you're talking about.

There's nothing "technical" about it.

No calls their wife a 'female'. No one call a significant other a 'female'. I don't give a shit how long you've done anything. If you have a wife she isn't your 'female'. You are wrong about everything you're talking about.

Thanks, moron.

I'd argue that you only notice the use of the word when it's particularly awkward. It's like someone who exclusively uses medical terminology to refer to sexual things. A normal person using the word "scrotum" instead on "ballsack" sometimes isn't weird at all, but an autistic permavirgin speaking like an anatomy textbook all the time raises eyebrows.

i think thats fair

more like reeeeemales am I right

The correct word for man (as in male) is wereman. When you say man it is really short for human. Funny the feminists never picked up this up. I guess they wanted to only focus on things more ridiculous.

Anyone who obsesses this much over this type of thing is a fucking retard

The only sane guy here.

good job on your sanity bro keep it up

Women everywhere should feel blessed that /u/SpoopySkeleman is here to protect them from being referred to by words rather than just a tip of the ol' fedora.

Oh look, the people here agreeing with SRD. That used to be odd.

Calm down, dear.

The infection is spreading.

They'll find literally anything to be offended by.

And that means I absolutely did udge a guy yesterday at the pub for saying females.

/u/stellar-duck You don't get to hit people for saying females, you weirdo.

/u/ognits you're a cunt.

ok

i thought it was just a black thing. either way it needs to die

Female is kinda harsh

I prefer the more PC term, cum dumpster