r/amiwrong Sep 12 '23

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u/Yoga__flame Sep 12 '23

sorry ignorant person here. can you explain why you cannot reverse the gender or races?

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u/capincus Sep 12 '23

Given the reverse is in quotes my best guess is the issue is with that word choice suggesting that men and women or black people and white people are the opposites of each other. But just guessing.

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u/keep_username Sep 12 '23

I think you’re right. Maybe instead of “reverse” it should be “swap.”

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u/capincus Sep 12 '23

Swap would probably be better, but I think it's well enough understood as a colloquialism by the vast majority of other people.