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Why Do Some Men Call Women "Females"?

Do Men Call Other Men "Males" and Why Not?

By M. GarciaPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
Why Do Some Men Call Women "Females"?
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It has come to my attention that men nowadays tend to call women "females". What an interesting phenomenon. Apparently men are unaware the words "women", "ladies", and "girls" exist in the English vocabulary. I have even seen women defend this behavior; one Instagram user said "what do you want them to call you? A dog?" Apparently some women don't understand what's wrong with this vocabulary either. First of all, female is an adjective like pretty or weird. Adjective. Women is a noun like girls and school. Noun. Addressing someone as female is using an adjective in the place of a noun. But that's too hard for some people in this day in age. In additional to all of this, men do not seem to call other men "males", how peculiar.

Maybe there is a psychology to all of this. Men and women seem to be disagreeing with a lot of topics in today's age: what feminism really means, Is there even a wage gap, who is to blame for single mothers, and many more social topics that affect the relationship between men and women altogether. So is this new "female" trend a representation of the dissociation men have towards women. Is this passive aggressive manner a way for men to let out their irritation or even disgust towards women? Female sounds so robotic and inhuman in a way. Do men see women as nonhuman? Men blame women for everything while women blame men for everything; is this the linguistic result?

Also, why do men not call each other males? Probably because men have a gender alliance towards each other instead of providing, protecting, and defending their women. Woah, where did that come from, moving on. Besides, that's another rant completely. Is this a weird, young-people trend? Have English classes in school failed men and boys? Is this a psychological reflection on men's attitudes towards women? Women call men "men" because it is understood they are humans of the male gender; they don't have to call their gender all the time. Are men simply confused on gender?

The theory is that this vocabulary trend started in the Hip Hop Culture; rap songs using the term "female" instead of the B word. Wait, does that make the word "female" the new B word in songs? Is this just an American issue? Do men of other countries and other cultures use the same lingo? Is this a lingo or a slang? Is Hip Hop culture the foundation for the rest of American subcultures? Hmmm. There's literally so much into this.

I like to think of men as trend setters whether they see themselves that way or not. If men start calling women "females" then women will soon follow after. I've seen it on Instagram comments from the magical Pick-Me's of the world. (please tell me you know what a Pick-Me is) If men rap about violence and sex then female rappers (look how I used it as an adjective, wow grammar is fun) will rap about violence and sex as well. If men dress a certain way then women will find a way to wear their fashion. Gym became a trend and now women on Instagram can be health and wellness influencers. When it comes to the music world, men are the ones that start the trends and develop the culture. Men wanted big butts so women found a way to get bigger butts. Men started bragging out jewelry and the money they were making so now a lot of women flex their gains as well. Men just seem to naturally create the culture they seem to blame women for. Whoops, there it is.

Stop calling women "females", it makes you seem slow honey.

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