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Man kind are men....males....the ones with bodily parts that can carry a a child are called fe-- males..Also...a man with a womb is called a wombman- or woman.
That's actually not the etymology of the word woman: womanlate O.E. wimman (pl. wimmen), lit. "woman-man," alteration of wifman (pl. wifmen), a compound of wif "woman" (see wife) + man "human being" (in O.E. used in ref. to both sexes; see man). Cf. Du. vrouwmens "wife," lit. "woman-man." The formation is peculiar to English and Dutch.
What about the old term "Broad"...that meant that it was a person a female with hips more broad than the counter part male..the pelvis is wider to facilitate child birth...back in the day we would say..."She is a good looking broad"...but I guess a humans capacity to have kids is out of style and considered lowly and an insult...if you are a fe-male...you are expected not to be one when you are..What a strange and hateful world we live in...where we despise our bodies...and who we are............being a female is natural...so is being a man...but manhood is also going out of style...Maybe we can all just shave are heads and have all our kids in test tubes...I like being a man...and I like females..so shut up.
You are stunningly wrong. "Broad" is and always was a rude and contemptuous term for a woman.
"Noun, Current amongst genteel grafters chiefly. A female confederate; a female companion, a woman of loose morals. Broad is derived from the far-fetched metaphor of 'meal ticket,' signifying a female provider for a pimp, from the fanciful correspondence of a meal ticket to a railroad or other ticket."
I first heard of "female" being insulting about 3 months ago. I used to be on the dating site OKC and while I was corresponding with someone I used "female."
She told me it was "insulting" and using that term referred to women as "livestock." I cut off communication with her right after that because the time before that she also took offense to something I said. I decided I could not talk to anyone if I have to walk on eggshells all the time.
I don't see anything wrong with female but I do not recall using it since. She was quite angry about it. I would never use "broad" or "chick" even though a few women on CD use the latter in their user name.
The word is offensive based on its context. For example, if a guy tried to ask me out by trying to compliment me by saying "I like females like you because..." instead of saying women I would be offended.
I mean, come on. I can't believe how any of you can't see how saying male and female instead of man and woman doesn't sound ignorant. :/ I know I would be looked at half crazy if I said "Would you males like a glass of water?" instead of "Would you guys/men like a glass of water?". lol
The word is offensive based on its context. For example, if a guy tried to ask me out by trying to compliment me by saying "I like females like you because..." instead of saying women I would be offended.
No, the word isn't offensive based on it's context but it could be used in a context that would allow it to be percieved as offensive. Like every other word.
Man kind are men....males....the ones with bodily parts that can carry a a child are called fe-- males..Also...a man with a womb is called a wombman- or woman.
Tired of females that are of the "I am woman hear me roar" set...picking on young woman who call themselves anything but a WOMAN..- I guess the feminist eccentrics would like to get more politically correct and get rid of the term GIRL---and use the term little woman- but that would be going full circle back to the 50s.......lol..
On the same level of this thread, there was a post a few months ago by a woman who thought the word "womb" was inappropriate and wondered by people didn't always say "uterus" instead.
I didn't get that one any more than I get this new thing with "female" suddenly being considered disparaging. Words that have been used for centuries.
I guess we'll know that female is really considered a "bad word" when City-Data starts covering it with asterisks.
That's actually not the etymology of the word woman: woman late O.E. wimman (pl. wimmen), lit. "woman-man," alteration of wifman (pl. wifmen), a compound of wif "woman" (see wife) + man "human being" (in O.E. used in ref. to both sexes; see man). Cf. Du. vrouwmens "wife," lit. "woman-man." The formation is peculiar to English and Dutch.
So what..I made my point. Thanks for the heads up...what is the etymology for the word wizard?
"wifmen" ? The wife of a man?
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