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[KitSileya]

127. I think scientists, sexists, and Ferengi are the only ones who still use 'female'

about women in conversation. As it is, this is a conversation. I am not livestock. I am a human being, and language matters. It matters a lot. We know that, and we are trying to change it. To change it, we need to point out when someone uses language that dehumanizes and objectifies - and this has real life consequences. For example, police are more likely to use force against black kids if they dehumanize blacks - and this was independent of their prejudices. If they dehumanized blacks, in the experiment this was done with pictures, but it may just as easily be done with words, they were more likely to use force against black kids they detained.

So, what words we use to refer to women matters, just as it matters what language is used on any minority group. As such, I will continue to point it out when it is low level, such as here, or alert on it, such as deliberately using slurs against subaltern groups.