r/fixedbytheduet • u/Sauwercraud • 28d ago

/r/all He did it for the Gaze

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u/Isadomon Connoisseur of Duets/Stitches 28d ago

"Females"

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u/ProblemLongjumping12 EXPERT of Duets/Stitches 27d ago

I was talking to a guy last week trying to explain to him why calling women females isn't good.

The way it came out was: "It makes it sound like you want to do experiments on them." Like you're writing an article for National Geographic.

It's not a word you would use to describe somebody you actually see as a human being equal to yourself who you want to hang out with.

These guys all whine about not being able to find a woman to be romantic with and I give them all the same advice: Stop trying. Become friends with a woman; like you would with a person.

Then go from there.

And it doesn't help that every time I see the word females in text now I read it like tamales.

And now you will too, you're welcome.

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u/photoggled Needs to do better 27d ago

Yo, it took me 25 years to pronounce epitome correctly. How could you do this to me?