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Murdered by Words
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"A female" seems kinda dehumanizing, like talking about an animal or words spoken by an incel.
That caught my eye too, but I think it might be a reflection of how law enforcement speaks “a female suspect” “a male detainee” etc.
Por que no los dos?
An incel pig running their Twitter hardly seems a stretch.
I get that they say "a female" because that's how they "identify" people via police reports and such. But I still cringe so bad when I hear someone say "a female".
Female what? Deer? Shark? Dog?
That's part of it, but police jargon is meant to dehumanize suspects. They could just as easily say man or woman but those words imply person-hood. While animals can be male or female they can't be a man or woman. Male-Black-46 works just as well to describe an animal in a study as a human on the street.
The words “man” and “woman” imply that the person is an adult, which is an unnecessary added connotation.