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I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word "female", is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?

I don't know if this is the best place to ask, if it's not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was never disputing that, so I don't see what what point you think you're making.

What is the gender of a cis boy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I guess the gender is “cis boy?” But I don’t care about gender. I’d consider gender a mental state. While sex is a physical state. Sex determines the part your body plays in biological sexual reproduction, under normal/usual/typical/common genetic circumstances. Aka you either get pregnant or you cause someone else to be pregnant.

Again, why the fuck does gender matter beyond an individual’s mental state? It’s literally a different matter from sex. Hence why trans is even a thing at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

And you’re a moron.