UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up1225arrow-down1imageI'm from the Y'all zone. Is it offensive to call trans people y'all?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShareMySims@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·6 hours ago The literal meaning isn’t gender neutral, but in actual practice, it 100% is. Unless you can ask a straight man how many guys he’s slept with, it isn’t gender neutral, no matter how resistant to this fact you are.
minus-squareGrenfur@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoI don’t see the issue with using the term “guys” in the plural when referring to a group regardless of sex. That would align with the definition of the word. I’m pretty sure that’s how they meant it.
Unless you can ask a straight man how many guys he’s slept with, it isn’t gender neutral, no matter how resistant to this fact you are.
I don’t see the issue with using the term “guys” in the plural when referring to a group regardless of sex. That would align with the definition of the word. I’m pretty sure that’s how they meant it.