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[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

It literally is semantics. It’s a disagreement about the meaning of man and woman. It’s in fact a purely semantic question.

[–]penelopekitty 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Complete nonsense. We all know who is a man and a woman. These are sex based words, they mean something.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

They mean different things to a lot of people than to you.

[–]penelopekitty 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

No. I am a woman. I'm beyond sick and tired of men appropriating this. No man can ever become a woman or female in any sense of the word. The audacity of those who think they can is breathtaking.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Language evolves.

[–]BiologyIsReal 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, language evolves. However, first, this is not a natural evolution of the language, but a top-to-bottom change pushed by trans activists. And second, you cannot change the underlying reality of the sexes by playing word games. You may force everyone to lie by using your sexist definitions for man and woman, but guess what? Males who claim to be "women" are going to still be males from birth to death and, except for very rare cases, people are going to keep recognizing said males as the males they are. And likewise for females who identify as "men".

So, what does this authoritarian and sexist language change acomplish? Not hurting the feeling of people who identify as trans? Why should we prioritize your feeling over anything else? Why should women accept being defined as nothing more than a bunch of sexist stereotypes by males who say they are "women"? Why should we care not to hurt the feelings of said males when it's pretty clear they don't care at all about our feelings and safety?

[–]penelopekitty 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not like this. Nobody gave you permission to steal from women. Create your own words.