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minus-square[deleted]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoIf ‘females’ wasn’t used by online sexists to treat women as objects would it sound that way?
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoMaybe! I don’t know if “gendered violence against men” also has the same connotations. Maybe this is indeed is a case of those people poisoning the term.
minus-square[deleted]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years ago“Don’t forget about gendered violence against boys!” would be a likely response to a statement about men. It is absolutely a case of a term being poisoned, which does mean it needs to be treated more carefully but sucks when there isn’t an alternative.
If ‘females’ wasn’t used by online sexists to treat women as objects would it sound that way?
Maybe! I don’t know if “gendered violence against men” also has the same connotations.
Maybe this is indeed is a case of those people poisoning the term.
“Don’t forget about gendered violence against boys!” would be a likely response to a statement about men.
It is absolutely a case of a term being poisoned, which does mean it needs to be treated more carefully but sucks when there isn’t an alternative.