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to be honest I find it hard to take writing that uses "females" as a synonym for "women" super seriously
by roywiggins 9y ago
to be honest I find it hard to take writing that uses "females" as a synonym for "women" super seriously
- matte_black 9y agoI have actually noticed this becoming more common. “Females” is what you refer to as strictly cis-females, where as women generally means a mix of transgendered and cis-females. So if a man’s dating profile says “females only”, you know what he’s talking about.
- cat199 9y agolike omg that's so ableist! What if I were a trans-woman and wanted to be called female?? This horrible trans-normative oppression needs to stop! I am going to go protest at a starbucks.
- blahman2 9y agoto be honest you are missing the forrest for the tree. start a flamewar somewhere else.
- mathgladiator 9y agoI took that reference more to be a slant that men are fairly predictable and companies exploit the sausage fest that is the IT/tech world.
- e_tm_ 9y agoit is quite ironic, considering the topic of the post
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoDid you just latch onto this without intpreting it in context? The tone he used in that part of the article is derogatory towards the employers of these women, the inference being that these employers don't look past them as being "female" and exploiting this for their purposes.
- Mountain_Skies 9y agoIn current culture, especially SV, not all women are female. It is necessary to specify female if one is actually referring to biological sex instead of cultural gender. Some find this an annoying distinction but it is the cultural norm in an increasingly growing number of places.
- rblatz 9y agoYet is still a very small minority, and it appears that you are needlessly seeking out ways to be offended when no offense was meant.
- Mountain_Skies 9y agoNot sure what in my post indicated that I was offended. The cultural context of the industry might be apparent to you from within that context but not everyone who reads Hacker News lives in that same context. That biological sex and cultural gender are not the same is not something that is held to be true everywhere. Explaining the context we live in is not the same thing as being offended that some either don't understand or dislike that part of our culture. Or to put it another way, don't shoot the messenger.
- waisbrot 9y agoBut the story obviously wasn't referring to biological sex, but rather to the gender presented by the booth-worker. So "female" was also the incorrect term, besides being off-putting.
- codeiscodeman 9y agoAt Salesforce Trailhead, they gave us stickers for our pronouns...they didn't have mine. -Forever Alone Attack Helicopter
- cat199 9y agogender is not a theory. 'identifying' as another gender means wearing a stereotype.
- coldtea 9y agoTo be honest, I find it hard to take comments that focus on irrelevant points seriously. (Or that seem to forget that on the web there are non-native English speakers too, and that particular "language crime" can be totally how the words work in their language -- though in this case the original author does have an english name).
- asdsa5325 9y agoYou know what I can't stand? People broadly dismissing something because of ONE word they don't agree with. Grow up.
- notyourday 9y agoLook at the bright side: at least it did not say "Booth bunnies" or "booth babes"