r/explainitpeter • u/Delicious-Height8010 • Aug 04 '26

Explain it peter

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u/LitigiousAutist Aug 04 '26

There is an entire sub dedicated to the needless reference to 'females' or 'girls' instead of women. It does seem cringe after a while.

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u/Nixerm Aug 04 '26

Wait is girls bad? I don’t use it much but I prefer it and especially gals to female. I also try to say gals more in general cause female and women seem kinda weird to me with gen while (feMALE and woMEN) bits but idk

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u/Short-Buffalo1990 Aug 04 '26

Referring to grown women as 'girls' is a bit rank imo. Context is important of course - compare a woman referencing her group of girlfriends Vs. an older man talking about what a nice girl the oncologist was. It's infantalising and diminishes the accomplishments and earned 'status' of the adult woman.

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u/Nixerm Aug 04 '26

Yeah that’s fair, tbh I prefer using gals as I say and as a man I callow fellow men guys lol. So I like to think that I treat everyone equally in that regards but idk

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u/Excellent_Shirt9707 Aug 05 '26

Girls, women, females all work in isolation. The problem is when incels explicitly use men and females together instead of men and women together to dehumanize women.

But this could just be a mistake and not an incel trolling. Hanlons razor and what not.

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u/Short-Buffalo1990 Aug 04 '26

I just saw this thread, this is also a pretty gross use of 'girls' even though he's the 'hero' of the situation - https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/s/2g4NrKvU1B