• Fushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 hours ago

    Maybe it’s just me, but in female-only community, I’m using female as part of a composed adjective. I’d say male-only community too, it just feels more natural. In fact, in an earlier comment I wrote women only, and then writing man only felt SO bad that I changed both to female and male.

    Now that I think about it it’s probably because I used man instead of men. I’ll change both back but OOP miiight have followed my logic? Idk

    • Wren@lemmy.today
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      5 hours ago

      In trans-inclusive spaces we use “woman,” in reference to the gender, as opposed to female, which usually designates sex.

      Like a nature documentary, for example: “The female meetkat seeks out her pack,” as opposed to “The woman meetkat hollers at the girls.”