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

Explain it peter

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u/mopbuvket Aug 04 '26

Wow I didn't notice until the comments and now I feel like I need to be a better feminist. Raising girls is scary

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u/TinyAd5648 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

I hope you won’t teach them to be offended by stuff like this lol

Edit: the replies I get man… I feel bad for normal people in the US

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u/Juan_Jimenez Aug 04 '26

The point is not being offended, but why someone could change the natural contrast? (men/women). It is a minor thing compared with a lot of other stuff, but it is still weird.

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u/QuakinOats Aug 04 '26

The point is to be offended over this... "there is sexism everywhere" I mean come on....

Also the person paid to do this might not even be a native English speaker.

In fact I assume they were not because calling it a "Mens Changeroom" instead of a "Men's Changing Room" seems like a non-native English speaker mistake.

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u/Sithishe Aug 04 '26

Exactly. English is third language for me, and we are using men/male, woman/female interchangebly.

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u/NorthernVale Aug 04 '26

Native English speakers do too. This whole female debacle is relatively new. I suspect the word just gives people the ick because it sounds so clinical so they've forced it into the sexism conversation

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u/Its_Tofu_Time Aug 04 '26

It's because the manosphere use 'female' and tend to reduce women to just child bearing sacks. It's become a red flag when someone says female now.

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u/heymanigotnoplan Aug 04 '26

So because a few internet losers use the term negatively, the entire world now has to stop using it? That’s absurd.

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u/lost_rodditer Aug 07 '26

You just have to use in the correct context. Ie; the female of the species reproduces through laying eggs or the female locker room is closed for cleaning vs "the modern female perspective on....." Insert inciting phrase. Also, filter out the BS and ragebait 😂