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[–]ThisReality 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes. Seems like it's meant to dehumanize women and reduce them to "the female of the species"

[–]catawampus[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That’s definitely what it feels like.

To be fair, though, a man told me last year, while I was on the job, “you need to treat ‘em (a piece of machinery) like a woman, because they’re finicky.”

It’s almost like the language itself isn’t the issue. I wonder what it could be... /s