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> It is striking that there is no comparably zealous campaign to abandon the word “men” in favour of “prostate-havers”, “ejaculators” or “bodies with testicles”
by tuatoru 5y ago
> It is striking that there is no comparably zealous campaign to abandon the word “men” in favour of “prostate-havers”, “ejaculators” or “bodies with testicles”. It is almost always women who are being ordered to dispense with a useful word they have used all their lives.
So, women and boys. In my N~1000 sampling, "boys" is a better characterisation of mental and emotional maturity than "men", irrespective of age. Don't need the latter term.