• SavvyWolf
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    115 hours ago

    “Gendered violence against females” on the other hand sounds a bit too clinical though… Like you’re removing their personhood

    • snooggums
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      55 hours ago

      If ‘females’ wasn’t used by online sexists to treat women as objects would it sound that way?

      • SavvyWolf
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        55 hours ago

        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.

        • snooggums
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          25 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.