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There are few trigger words I detest more than “warfighters” to refer to what we already have a word for- soldier.
by JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
There are few trigger words I detest more than “warfighters” to refer to what we already have a word for- soldier.
- myfartsarefoul 5y agoDon’t forget ‘houseless’ or ‘transient’ to describe homeless. Or ‘bodies with vaginas’ to describe women. Or ‘latinx’ to describe latinos. Pretty sure all of these are exonyms. The linguistic contortions we have to perform to describe things we already had perfectly acceptable words for is absurd and rarely serves the person or thing being described.
- dTal 5y agoAs I understand it, "people with <x> genitalia" is a trans-accepting way of discussing medical issues without rejecting anyone's gender identification. Having a vagina is no longer considered necessary or sufficient to be called a "woman".
- myfartsarefoul 5y agoA pretty simple solution to this is to call trans women ‘trans women’. Or just ‘men’. Since they’re male.
- myfartsarefoul 5y agoFunny how calling women ‘bodies with vaginas’ or ‘menstrators’ isn’t considered offensive, while calling all males ‘men’ will get you fired and potentially in legal trouble. People have lost their damned minds.
- true_religion 5y agoI’m not the OP, but I think we deeply erred by conflating gender and biological sex characteristics into a single word. Unfortunately, the solution to retain men/women for gender and use more specific terminology for sex is problematic. - There’s a greater argument to be made for binary biological sex, and you can attach obvious descriptions to it to make the two categories distinct. - Gender on the other hand is more fluid (both historically in its expression, and in between cultures). - Biological based terminology can be used historically (e.g. Women’s History) But this is all off topic, so I’ll stop here.
- blacktriangle 5y agoLets just all go back to calling them mentally ill.
- nonameiguess 5y agoSoldier specifically refers to the Army. Marines are called Marines. Naval personnel are called sailors. Air Force personnel were called "airmen" but I assume they've probably come up with something gender-neutral by now. No idea what Space Force settled on but "spacemen" would be hilarious. Warfighter is meant to be a blanket term for all uniformed personnel of the armed forces that doesn't only include the Army. At least that is the US terminology. I can't speak for other countries.
- bdavis__ 5y ago"guardians" are the term used for members of the space force.