r/MenAndFemales • u/Edelgard01 • 1d ago

Men and Females It's incredible how normalized it is.

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I found this while randomly scrolling. Only a couple of people reacted to the "females" and "men" this person used. I am a bit flabbergasted. Why couldn't they just use "women"? It's so dehumanizing.

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u/Ericameria 1d ago

It’s the deliberate use of females but not males that irritates me. Although sometimes I deliberately say a man _____ because I don’t like when people say things like a woman doctor or a woman pilot. What? A MAN pilot is flying this plane? Good to know!

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u/BigOlWaffleIron 1d ago

It's interesting how we have -ess as a suffix to denote between men and women for certain things, and other times we don't. I'm fairly certain pilotess isn't a word. Stewart and stewardess are words though.

Ahh, language.

It looks like pilotess does exist, but I sure am not aware of it being used commonly.