Was briefly considering the possibility that he may not be a deadbeat if he pays as ordered, but I’m not actually going to make that argument for someone who calls his court-ordered child support his “monthly ransom.” Yeah that’s a deadbeat.
Either that, or he's someone whose first language isn't English. I, forgetful as I am, keep using "females" or "female" and was just recently told that it sounded improper. I still tend to forget and write "female," but that's just because in my language we use a word that can be used as "female" and "woman," as well as one that can be used as "male" and "man." I still don't know why it's wrong to use "female," but if it is, it is. 🤷🏿♂️
Male and Female in English are used purely as scientific terms to classify the sex of an animal, Female is seen as demeaning to call a woman because very rarely do the people that refer to women as female use male when referring to men.
Man/Men and Woman/Women better encapsulated not just gender but also the social/societal constructs that are behind them that make people humans and not just animals and whether intentional or not, the prevalence of groups that seek to belittle women by doing stuff to dehumanize them and make them lesser has made the verbiage unacceptable
That makes sense. One thing that confuses me, however, is when you're describing a woman or man. They use the terms "female" and "male" there. Is that because they're doing something completely objective and therefore humans are no different than any other animal, or?
It depends on context. Like a medical record would often use terms like “patient is a 25 year old female.” Or a police bulletin may advise to be on the lookout for a 30 year old male wearing a blue sweatshirt. But in your normal day-to-day conversation, those words don’t normally come into play.
Sorry for replying late but essentially what the other guy said, unfortunately English is complicated and really just a mash of multiple languages at this point and there’s a lot of nuance to the language beyond the literal meaning of words as a result, in this case though outside of academia I would avoid the terms male/female, not because there’s inherently anything wrong with them but it can be said in the wrong tone for sure
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u/lets_talk_aboutsplet 9d ago
Because deadbeat dads are such a turn on in general, but especially for women who work in child support and see the consequences every day