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minus-squareRevonult@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoI agree it works in most cases it works fine but like “First woman astronaut” feels weird. I mostly didn’t want to be accidentally participating in something shitty. Edit: or like “fastest woman athlete”
minus-squaretedlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoYeah, I remember feeling like it was weird, but both of those sound absolutely fine to me now. I also would never balk at “female” as an adjective in those cases, nor assume the speaker was being misogynist.
I agree it works in most cases it works fine but like “First woman astronaut” feels weird.
I mostly didn’t want to be accidentally participating in something shitty.
Edit: or like “fastest woman athlete”
Yeah, I remember feeling like it was weird, but both of those sound absolutely fine to me now.
I also would never balk at “female” as an adjective in those cases, nor assume the speaker was being misogynist.