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My friend (left) was killed in a street fight protecting a female from domestic violence. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on life support. His heart is being donated to a 28yo female. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Posts_Bad_Content 395 ポイント396 ポイント  (239子コメント)

Female

[–]MrPopo72 296 ポイント297 ポイント  (109子コメント)

Reddit as a whole is really starting to weird me the fuck out with this "female" stuff. If I only saw it once in a while I'd assume it was just a few lone weirdos, but I see a topic with the word "female" instead of "woman" once a day. Its fucking weird.

[–]Berxwedan 137 ポイント138 ポイント  (9子コメント)

Whenever I see it, I imagine it's a Ferengi from Star Trek talking.

[–]StochasticOoze 49 ポイント50 ポイント  (3子コメント)

those disgusting, hew-mons, making their fee-males wear clothes!

[–]legthief [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

I, as a human, also disagree with this practice.

[–]c0horst [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

I, as a human who has seen what the average person looks like, am perfectly fine with it.

[–]101081112172354607 [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

But they're damn good at oo-mox

[–]Rs90 [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

I keep pressing the upvote button cause it makes me feel like I'm giving you more than one.

[–]Just_A_Guy_Eh [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Oh, that makes reddit much more entertaining, reading it like that.

[–]Maizrim [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Or the Zentradi from Robotech - "They kiss their females???"

[–]mysticalmisogynistic [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Huuuu-mon Feee-male

[–]phedre [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

http://i.imgur.com/alwkUxM.jpg

[–]Le_Euphoric_Genius [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

I think the overuse of SO is weird too.

Imagine getting called SO in real life.

[–]BaPef [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

I refer to my wife as SO and partner in various situations. Wife just doesn't convey enough in my opinion. She really is my partner in life.

[–]bathroomstalin [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

It's as if reddit is littered with autistic computer nerds or something

[–]alepocalypse 45 ポイント46 ポイント  (27子コメント)

military here, female is the preferred word. it is drilled into us.

[–]malcomn [非表示スコア]  (10子コメント)

I had never noticed people say it until I started a new job over the summer. A coworker of mine who was a veteran would say female literally ever time. I just thought he was weird, but I guess that makes sense now.

Why is that drilled in to you?

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

for the life of me, i couldnt tell you.

but you do not say woman or man. you say Female and Male

[–]mrrowr [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

Female includes women and children, so it's a better and faster catch-all term

[–]Battletooth [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

English is my second language, but I like to say lady.

5 year old girl? What a cute young lady!

21? Look at that lady over there! She has a cool shirt!

65? She's a very nice lady!

No one gets offended by it.

[–]DerringerHK [非表示スコア]  (4子コメント)

No, no. By drilled in he means they were pegged.

[–]minipump [非表示スコア]  (3子コメント)

http://i.imgur.com/MkxOfsw.gif

[–]GruxKing [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

Damn, I was hoping this would be a lot more NSFW than it is.

[–]BaPef [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

Do you see a NSFW tag because I don't see a NSFW tag

[–]GruxKing [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

I never said that the hope was a rational one.

[–]la_Brea [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

It is the most respectful way to say it.

[–]nehmia [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Political correctness is the reason.

[–]cherak [非表示スコア]  (5子コメント)

That's all well and good but most redditors are civilians.

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

that doesnt mean OP isnt a vet.

[–]cherak [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

True. Apparently (according to what they said elsewhere) they're a report writer that uses very mechanically descriptive language and it's become force of habit.

It's still worth pointing out, though. If it's a good willed mistake that's legit, it's still something that could be worked on though - it makes a lot of folks uncomfortable when this technical language is normalised, just because a report writer accidentally used it casually doesn't mean it shouldn't be noted,

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

What's wrong with technical?

[–]paper_liger [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

True, but many aren't. In the typical reddit demographic (18-29 US Males) a little less than 20 percent should be veterans. The number is higher for older people, and lower for women, but a non trivial chunk of Reddit has served in the military at any given time.

[–]ZiRALiX [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

I've been told this is done because it's dehumanizing, part of a process to prep you for... whatever you need to do.

The role of nations and governments in dehumanization

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Understandable. The goal is to remove gender bias. Which is good.

[–]dbarefoot [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

Are you told to say 'individual' a lot, too? I hear Americans constantly saying that on the news.

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Can't say that I was.

[–]PM_ME_UR_MAN_BOOBS [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

No wonder vets don't get hired more often.

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

not sure if sarcastic.

[–]paper_liger [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

The unemployment rate for vets is comparable to the rate for the general population, even including disabled vets.

[–]ArboristDan -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Female type.

[–]alepocalypse 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

fistbump

[–]Exemus [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Non military here...I, too, enjoy drilling females.

[–]tannerdanger [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

Its not just reddit dude. Its the term you are taught to use in the military, and most people probably just keep using it. I'm pretty sure its the same for police/medical/firefighter/science careers etc. You use the word every day at work and you go home and keep using it. I don't get why its so weird.

[–]darth_holio [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

I keep forgetting that everybody is in the military.

[–]alepocalypse [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

the comments here, i'm seeing that a lot are

[–]Antilulz [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Gotta be as politically correct as possible.

[–]KronktheKronk [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

You know what's fucking weird? People who take offense to being referred to by their gender.

[–]belbojohnhopkins [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

I've always found it to be an American thing. I find it super weird too, but honestly have always noticed that Americans use the term female when most other English speakers would say woman. I'm obviously super generalising but it's always stood out to me and not just as a reddit thing.

[–]blingx [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

I used female instead of woman once on reddit and apparently I'm the biggest asshole ever. I never knew it was such a bad thing. ;/

[–]phedre [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

It's become tied up with the redpill crowd. Sadly there's backlash to it now even if you aren't one of those assholes.

[–]II-Blank-II [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Are you just trying to be irritated or something? Because you're making that a bigger deal in your life than it has to be.

[–]Magnolia_o [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

It's not just Reddit, I see it all over the news as well

[–]premature_eulogy -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

A being of the female gender.

[–]Wittis [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

Well.. in the military female is a very common word, so in my case it's not wierd because I've seen it so much.

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    [–]Eggfibre 59 ポイント60 ポイント  (11子コメント)

    The word 'woman' doesn't exist on Reddit.

    [–]Fizzy_Pharynx [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    tips fedora

    m'female

    [–]SenorDing_Dong 14 ポイント15 ポイント  (4子コメント)

    The number and men and women both who refer to women (sometimes themselves) as "a female" is definitely off-putting.

    [–]Versedian 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (38子コメント)

    Alright fill me in. Are we upset because he didn't capitalize Female or because he was meant to use Women?

    [–]NoisyShadow 56 ポイント57 ポイント  (36子コメント)

    Female, used in this context, is too impersonal and robotic. It just sounds weird in a non scientific context, you aren't reporting on a statistic, you're talking about a person.

    When I hear someone refer to a woman/girl/etc as "female", I immediately assume that they are probably socially awkward or have a beef with women in general.

    tl;dr It just sounds weird as fuck to say "female".

    [–]ns156 42 ポイント43 ポイント  (9子コメント)

    Exactly, when has anyone ever heard girls /women say they are going out tonight to look for some males, or "saw a bunch of cute males at the gym"? Never, because it's fucking strange.

    [–]MrSmock [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    Sounded normal to me when I read it. Then again, I ate microchips for breakfast so I may be slightly robotic. Only slightly.

    [–]StochasticOoze 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    I'd say it sounds more like you're referring to them as an animal than "robotic". I don't run into a lot of robots with sex organs.

    [–]NoisyShadow 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    When I said "robotic", I was talking about those who say "female".

    Hello human femaleeee, please state your naaame *beep * *boop *

    You get the idea

    [–]StochasticOoze 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    ah, okay. that makes a little more sense.

    [–]uprislng [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    I don't run into a lot of robots with sex organs...

    ...yet. But in the future we'll all be drowning in that realbot pussy

    [–]_Gingy [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    I was a lifeguard and we referred to people and male patrons and men, female patrons and women, and children interchangeably. So this seems quite normal to me.

    [–]ragnarocknroll [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

    Female can denote the sex of the individual without age. If the age is undetermined, it is a good way of indicating that. The OP may not have known or was trying to protect the individual's identity.

    [–]NoisyShadow [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    For news reports or reporting something, sure. But here we have a personal title based on his life.

    My friend

    And

    domestic abuse

    leads the reader to think that the person was of age.

    Like I said, it's all about the context and I've analyzed it too much, to the point where I sound too pedantic.

    [–]Wittis [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

    Well that's a bit judgmental of you, female is drilled into our vocabulary in the military, so for us it's just another word. We aren't socially awkward or have any beef with women..

    [–]NoisyShadow [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    Okay, that's a fair point. Context definitely matters, I had a very specific set of conditions in my mind when I made that post and didn't include every possibility.

    [–]buttcobra -4 ポイント-3 ポイント  (5子コメント)

    I wonder if you feel the same way about people using the word Male? Because I sure do see a whole lot of "OMG STRAIGHT WHITE CIS MALES" on here too.

    [–]NoisyShadow 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Sure I do. And I also dislike the tumblr culture of labeling every insignificant quirk, but that's another discussion.

    [–]Shirrapikachu -5 ポイント-4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Yeah but that's usually used ironically. It's just as weird and stupid, only crazy radfems from tumblr use "males", and only creepy neckbeards that hate women use "females."

    [–]Versedian [非表示スコア]  (3子コメント)

    Ahh, thanks good to know. So out of the remaining which would you be less inclined to be offended by?

    • My friend (left) was killed in a street fight protecting a girl from domestic violence. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on life support. His heart is being donated to a 28yo girl.

    or

    • My friend (left) was killed in a street fight protecting a woman from domestic violence. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on life support. His heart is being donated to a 28yo woman.

    or is there no preference between the remaining two?

    [–]holyshiznoly [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    Would you say 28 year old boy?

    [–]NoisyShadow [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    Offended? You misunderstood me completely. I'm not offended, I'm just saying that it sounds weird. If someone is genuinely offended by this, just avoid them, because you are going to have to walk on eggshells around them.

    But to answer your question, either is fine.

    [–]dottiepalooza [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

    I am offended by neither but I think the second is better.

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      [–]Elephantkick [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      They can't find anything else to get upset about and they are addicted to outrage because it gets them that sweet sweet attention they need to make them forget how unimportant they are.

      It's also a control issue. They love the feeling of power they get when other people have to watch what they say. So they constantly try to make up new rules of what is ok behavior and what is not allowed.

      When you realize that they are really just lonely children crying for attention it makes it easier to just ignore what they're saying.

      [–]Tobaknowss 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (15子コメント)

      See this is what I really hate about reddit. Ok I get it, you prefer something other than female and I understand that. But for the love of god, this guy DIED protecting a women from domestic violence and then had his heart donated to a 28yo women. Can't we focus on that for a second?! Can't we focus on the fact that his last act in life was to save two women instead of going after OP pitch forks raised because he used female instead of women?

      [–]TheBoldManLaughsOnce [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

      A women

      [–]elhooper [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      someone had to...

      [–]allpregnantandshit [非表示スコア]  (6子コメント)

      Dude, AGREED. This seriously is why I fucking hate reading comments on serious topics on this shit. It's like in writing seminar when someone puts out a masterpiece and some fucking douche is like, "Um, there are two commas in the wrong place." Oh are there? WHO GIVES A FUCK?! This place is like 82,000 of those people combined. The guys died protecting someone and we're tearing apart his friend's fucking noun usage?! Sociopaths.

      Also, I don't give a shit about your little point popularity contest, Reddit, because it's not real life, so feel free to downvote. Worth you all knowing how much you suck when it comes to stuff like this.

      [–]shaunamarie [非表示スコア]  (3子コメント)

      people aren't taking this post seriously because people make shit up all the fucking time on reddit. it's not that they don't care that he died, it's that they don't believe he did.

      [–]toadd- [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      you actually believe this story? wow.

      [–]smhchrisbrown [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      Fuck off you preachy cunt... when my dad died nobody cared and I knew it, I would never have humiliated him after death by putting his face in front of thousands of sarcastic neckbeards and demanding respectful comments and upvotes.

      I love all the comments making fun of this post and I hope you die next so I can make fun of you too

      [–]filladellfea [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      other than*

      sorry

      [–]breauxstradamus [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      OP's friend was a true knight

      [–]BryceK [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

      Do you have a source that this even happened in the first place?

      [–]Tobaknowss [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      No I don't and it's not my job to do so anyways. I'm not the OP but if he's doing this to reap Karma then that's a sad thing indeed. I'd rather believe him though as I'm not a cynic like most people here.

      [–]Jd_2747 [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      Seriously. I was sick to my stomach reading the top comments. Wtf is wrong with people...there is a time and place. We should be honoring OP's friend's bravery and life and not talking about some stupid word he put in the post. Perhaps everyone should start a new post on the usage of the word "female".

      [–]Sojourner_Truth 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

      i know right?

      [–]Vayate [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      I was going to go with 3/10, but seeing the pure autism-filled rage you've triggered, 10/10.

      [–]Kuusou 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (4子コメント)

      People who complain about female and male usage are seriously fucking insane.

      [–]Uncle_Puggy [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      Agreed. Wtf is going on in this thread? Jeez

      [–]wanilob [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      I agree, who the fuck would even be bothered by that? holy shit

      [–]hypnoZoophobia -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Top comment?! Is this really what we're going to get hung up on in this tragic story of someone loosing their friend through an act of selfless compassion?

      EDIT: just noticed your user name.

      [–]hurricangst [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      Well the second and third highest are comments calling bullshit on the whole thing, so...

      [–]krackbaby [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      Female describes a person who can produce ova. In almost all mammals, that person would normally have two X chromosomes.

      [–]toastInTheShell -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (44子コメント)

      I don't get it. Are you saying it was wrong to use the word female?

      [–]lasershurt 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (8子コメント)

      "Female" is generally used in official, scientific, or other impersonal contexts. It's the default for non-human sexed items (animals etc). When talking about a person, you would want to default to "woman" instead of "female."

      Your dog is a female, your wife is a woman. Except on forms, where she's a female.

      [–]BrownNote [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      They're both bitches, though.

      Just kidding!

      I don't have a wife.

      [–]iPostedAlie -5 ポイント-4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Seems like a lot of women females are butthurt over something insignificant. I see the word male being tossed around all the time on reddit, you never find males getting all pissy over it. Head over to /r/malegrooming or how about /r/malefashionadvice

      [–]butyourenice [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      It's almost like "a female" uses the word as a noun, which is dehumanizing, sterile, and clinical, while "male fashion advice" uses the term as a descriptor, and adjective, which has no such connotations.

      We have a word for "female human." It's "woman." It's no more difficult to say than "female."

      [–]Elephantkick [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

      Women have officially run out of things to get offended by.

      [–]lasershurt [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      It's not an "offense" thing, it's just diction. It's not morally wrong to say female, just linguistically awkward.

      [–]ergas [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      I'm a man and I just think it sounds stupid to use it in the wrong context. It sounds clinical, like something you'd say about something you don't often come into contact with.

      [–]frankxanders 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (34子コメント)

      Dude its really weird.

      Men are not addressed as "males" in a non-national-geographic context. They're addressed as "men."

      Why are so many redditors using the word "female" instead of woman?

      [–]quitar 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

      You mean you don't go out to a public establishment with your male aquaintences to consume alcohol refreshments and attempt to interact with females, hopefully resulting in procreation? What are you, dome kind of weirdo?

      [–]Khorib 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I don't think it's a problem if it's consistent. If you say "females" and "males" in the same conversation, who cares? I think the problem arrises when you say "men" but then say "females". Most people are pretty consistent.

      Admittedly, since he's talking about a friend of his, the casualness does make the inclusion of "female" seem odd.

      [–]toastInTheShell [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      It's not redditors. It's the whole goddamn human race. It's not weird at all.

      [–]mfizzled -5 ポイント-4 ポイント  (23子コメント)

      I got stopped by the police last night and was referred to as a white male and in a shop just now I was told to go to the male changing room.

      [–]Shirrapikachu 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (7子コメント)

      That's a situation where I do find it not weird. It's a very technical and professional setting. Chicks at the gym don't say "look at that cute male over there."

      [–]mfizzled 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (4子コメント)

      And what blokes ever say "look at that cute female"? It's just not the usual word you would use in anything but a formal setting. I don't think OP has English as their mother tongue because sometimes non native English speakers use over formal words. Like my dad, he's Italian and sometimes says consume instead of eat. Sounds weird and robotic but it's just the quirks of his vernacular

      [–]Shirrapikachu [非表示スコア]  (3子コメント)

      That's my point. But I see it used all over reddit, so I doubt all of them are just poor with their English. (Cough cough, /r/theredpill) I can understand if English is your second language but what's the reason if it isn't? I usually assume it's because they have a general dislike for women in general.

      [–]mfizzled [非表示スコア]  (2子コメント)

      Using the word female to describe a female doesn't seem indicative of a deep seated dislike of women but then again I don't suppose I've been looking out for when people use it.

      [–]Stojas [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      No, the word female is not an insult. It never was and it is not now.

      [–]Shirrapikachu [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

      Check the sub I linked, they're a bunch of women hating weirdos that use "female" quite a bit.

      But there's plenty of girls that use it too, it's just weird. I can't think of any reason to use it.

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        [–]non_consensual -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (9子コメント)

        Ya but you're a male.

        [–]mfizzled 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (8子コメント)

        Yeh but the girl I was with when the police stopped me was referred to as a black female not a black woman

        [–]non_consensual [非表示スコア]  (7子コメント)

        Omg misogyny

        [–]mfizzled [非表示スコア]  (1子コメント)

        Racist misogyny!!!

        [–]non_consensual [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

        The best kind.

        [–]ergas [非表示スコア]  (4子コメント)

        This joke doesn't even make sense here. He wasn't claiming it was misogyny.

        [–]non_consensual [非表示スコア]  (3子コメント)

        Uhhh. I was claiming it's misogyny. That policeman referred to a woman as a "female". That is 100% misogyny.

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          [–]Entes -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

          Because "female" describes a girl of every single age while "woman" does not.

          A lot of posters on reddit are 18 or younger. Their version of scumbag stacy/girlfriends are 15 year old girls, it is not appropriate to address children as women.

          [–]ergas [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

          And that's why the term girl exists.

          [–]GhostfaceHecklah [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

          I don't know why so many women do this if it's so offensive or weird.

          [–]Grifter32 [非表示スコア]  (0子コメント)

          I feel like this insane discussion about "female" is distracting from the importance of this post.

          Your friend possibly saved 2 lives. Not a lot of people can say that.

          [–]yottskry -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

          Could be worse. He could have written "XX".

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