• @[email protected]
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      8 months ago

      Both can be pollinators. Both can tend to their eggs/young. As a non-native speaker, the phrase never made sense to me.

      • @zarathustrad
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        18 months ago

        It’s an old traditionalist saying to reinforce their norms, based on a limited understanding of both biology and society.