Males and Females

[Mort Divine]

Seriously, mort, you're a straight white guy in America. Embrace it. No need to go getting butthurt about a million things that don't pertain to you.

Seriously, mort, you're a straight white guy in America. Embrace it. No need to go getting butthurt about a million things that don't pertain to you.

I'm not exactly so far removed from this specific thing. While I do typically use the term girlfriend and the pronoun she to refer to my romantic partner - a desire to switch away from those have been mutually recognized due to my partner identifying as agender.

Partner is basically decided upon as the desired description for each other in the context of the relationship, but the pronoun usage isn't quite figured out and feminine ones might be stuck with anyways because of how awkward and impersonal things like they or ze can be.

 

[Vimana]

Transfolk are still men and women so I don't see why the terms would offend them specifically - and really I don't know why it would offend anyone. I'm just saying it is incomplete because of genderqueer and agender people.

I'm saying that doesn't matter because those people tend to not care and will just use the term partner when the time comes. We're all straight here. We don't need to use a term that caters to a demographic that isn't even involved in the discussion.

 

[-CC-]

Holy smokes. Mort is the overlord of all things politically correct. Give us a fucking break already.

 

[Mort Divine]

This isn't even a PC thing. This is a Rick is being a jackass about someone choosing to use a term such as partner. This is about there being no reason to give someone grief for using a term outside of girlfriend/boyfriend.

 

[King Richard]

This isn't even a PC thing. This is a Rick is being a jackass about someone choosing to use a term such as partner. This is about there being no reason to give someone grief for using a term outside of girlfriend/boyfriend.

This isn't about me being a jackass, it's about the overly sensitive manginas around this place being just that.

Do you really think I give a shit what you call your SIGNIFICANT OTHER? Really? Reeaaaaalllllyyyy???

smh

 

[Nephilim96]

If I have to read one more thing like, "Oh, You can't call that Panda a female because you don't know what gender the Panda identifies as", I will blow my brains out.

 

[Onder]

If I have to read one more thing like, "Oh, You can't call that Panda a female because you don't know what gender the Panda identifies as", I will blow my brains out.

Sorry but I'm offended. I don't think panda is acceptable either. What if it doesn't identify as a panda, you fucking bigot?

 

[Lateralus14]

<3

 

[Onder]

There was a discussion regarding some EU country recently because they'd changed the caption on peoples ID cards from "mother" and "father" to "parent 1" and "parent 2". If mother and father are not acceptable, how are "penis" and "vagina" acceptable. Some people suggested calling them "genitals of the first kind" and "genitals of the second kind". But which should be first and which second?? Is the fIrst kind better??? YOU FUCKING CIS-SCUM I HATE YOU AND YOUR "CORRECT" GENITALS.

 

[Lateralus14]

If Morty wants to call his penis a vagina, that should be ok with everyone.

Listen to the Onderman.

 

[SentinelSlain]

ondra, I know you think I'm crazy, but trust me on this, it's all part of the plan, to destroy our civilization. They'll be happy when western reproduction levels are far, far below replacement levels and the white male has not only been castrated and riddled with guilt, but also destroyed as a self conscious entity.

 

[Dak]

Hard to worry about politics when you have to worry about political correctness. Keep the simple amused with their tawdry sexual word games, won't have to worry about them raising a fuss about anything substantial.

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

I'd say the systematic subjugation of a vast, diverse group of people is kind of substantial. Making small strides by doing things like slightly altering language isn't exactly taking much time out of the day. It's basically common sense.

Edit: Just saw the post by SS. Not surprising that he manages to misunderstand the fundamental tenet of feminism. Just a hint: it benefits men, too.

 

[Onder]

ondra, I know you think I'm crazy, but trust me on this, it's all part of the plan, to destroy our civilization. They'll be happy when western reproduction levels are far, far below replacement levels and the white male has not only been castrated and riddled with guilt, but also destroyed as a self conscious entity.

Who came up with this plan? Is it those who sell kebabs and blow up Russian buses to distract us?

EDIT: Or was it the goblins in your left hemisphere?

 

[Dak]

I'd say the systematic subjugation of a vast, diverse group of people is kind of substantial. Making small strides by doing things like slightly altering language isn't exactly taking much time out of the day. It's basically common sense.

Obviously it's taking much time out of the day, and I can't believe you just tried to reference common sense.

 

[Onder]

Obviously it's taking much time out of the day, and I can't believe you just tried to reference common sense.

It takes like half of Mort's.

 

[unknown]

Oz: If you're not even dating or banging this woman and she's giving you THIS much grief, run away from her. Plus she's married, so she's definitely not worth the trouble. Just ignore her. Maybe she'll go away

 

[Dak]

I concur with unknown.

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

Obviously it's taking much time out of the day, and I can't believe you just tried to reference common sense.

Sorry, but reducing the important issues that a large group of people face to "tawdry sexual word games" is bullshit. Nobody is claiming that biased pronoun usage and the like is the absolute crux of the issue, just that it's one of many things that contributes to a negative, harmful patriarchal social climate. Why are you so hostile toward even engaging in conversation about such matters?

And yeah, Ozz, turn around, run far away, and never look back.

 

[SentinelSlain]

Krampus Boogie Woogie moogle dancin' all night