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minus-squarerandomdeadguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down12·10 months agoIt’s her life, it’s her gender. She’s not implying that her experiences are exclusive to her gender.
minus-squaremasterspacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoShe may not mean to be, but from a linguistic standpoint, by using woman instead of person she inherently is implying that the specificity of gender matters. It’s the same as when a guy needlessly genders a woman in a story to make it mysoginistic.
It’s her life, it’s her gender. She’s not implying that her experiences are exclusive to her gender.
She may not mean to be, but from a linguistic standpoint, by using woman instead of person she inherently is implying that the specificity of gender matters.
It’s the same as when a guy needlessly genders a woman in a story to make it mysoginistic.