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can "females" be seen as transphobic? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 month ago by throwaway306@thelemmy.club to c/tooafraidtoask@lemmy.ml

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I know that "females" is seen as icky when describing women or girls, but since not all women were born female and not all born females are women, would that make addressing them as such transphobic?

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In most situations, it would be rather strange to refer to a trans man as "female". Might get away with it if it's specifically about their chromosomes and you're writing a scientific text about that, but that doesn't really come up that often.

[–] throwaway306@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks so much, I meant more like those people who are like "those dang females!"