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minus-squareSavvyWolflinkfedilinkEnglish11•5 hours ago“Gendered violence against females” on the other hand sounds a bit too clinical though… Like you’re removing their personhood
minus-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish5•5 hours agoIf ‘females’ wasn’t used by online sexists to treat women as objects would it sound that way?
minus-squareSavvyWolflinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 hours 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-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish2•5 hours 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.
“Gendered violence against females” on the other hand sounds a bit too clinical though… Like you’re removing their personhood
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.