LogFAQs > #979041041

LurkerFAQs, Active Database ( 12.01.2023-present ), DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Have you learned to stopped calling women "female"?
The_Apologist 02/25/24 7:01:01 PM #328:	TheOtherMike posted... Because those are nouns. They're nouns formed from adjectives. Like 'female'. (Not that I'm defending referring to women as 'females', by the way. I agree that's cringe. But the idea that it's cringe because of grammatical considerations is just braindead.) And actually, now that I look into it, 'female' was arguably a noun long before it was an adjective. It's derived from Latin femina, a noun meaning 'woman'. <cite>The_Apologist posted [p:979041041] in Have you l... [t:80705308]...</cite> <quote>TheOtherMike posted... </cite><quote>Because those are nouns.</quote>They're nouns formed from adjectives. Like 'female'.(Not that I'm defending referring to women as 'females', by the way. I agree that's cringe. But the idea that it's cringe because of grammatical considerations is just braindead.)And actually, now that I look into it, 'female' was arguably a noun long before it was an adjective. It's derived from Latin femina, a noun meaning 'woman'.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1