Two unrelated headlines caught my eye today. Notice how they refuse to use the word "men."
This part of the deliberate campaign to erase the word "man" and "men." They are replacing with these words with the subtly insulting "males" and, worse, "dudes." Why is this insulting? Why go to these lengths to avoid using the word "man"? Because:
"Males" is dehumanizing language. "Males" can refer to any member of the animal kingdom, but "men" and "man" can only refer to humans. When they use "males" where "men" would be more appropriate, they are reducing men to livestock. In fact, these corporate hacks, Leftists, and politicians treat livestock with more respect than they do human men. They'll use the correct gendered noun to describe livestock—e.g. bull, buck, ram—but refuse to use the correct word for humans--men.
The words "man" and "men" have symbolic power. Do you take a "dude" seriously? Would you rather hire a "dude" or a "man" for a job? "I am a man" is a more powerful statement than "I am a dude" or "I am a male." They don't want men thinking of themselves as "men" but as inferior "dudes" or dehumanized "males."
They rarely do this to women. You don't see "females" used with the same frequency as "males." Not that they should be insulting women this way, but I'm only pointing it out to show that this word erasure is clearly targeted as weakening men.
If you're skeptical, then start paying attention to how the media, Leftists, and politicians use the words "dudes" and "males." It's everywhere.
To the men reading this: You are a man, not a "male" or a "dude". I encourage you to avoid their sick thought trap.
Good catch! They change the vocabulary in such subtle ways and get us used to them without noticing.
They do this with everything. Abortion is now women's healthcare etc. Anything that helps distance humans from reality will be promoted.
I disagree with you. Women's reproductive health is refusing to go gender neutral. In my area they have changed names of offices with the word, " Women" in it.
Who else need an OBGYN?! Women. And, you have to make them refer to you with female pronouns with, " respect my pronouns" attitude. I do understand your confusion, but breast-feeding has to be requested over chest feeding. The default should not be the trendy minority.
Bro. BRooooooooo
Bro?
Don't taze me bro! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE
They absolutely do the same thing to women. It’s most absurd when midwives refer to “birthing people”
If a woman has taken the time to become a midwife, intentionally removed from the medical industrial complex. AND, still uses woke words I would not feel safe being treated by them. Midwifery and dualas are women centered intentionally. You just made me stuck with that last sentence. My mind is blown.
Relax, man.
This aggression will not stand, man.
Down with the man!
I feel more comfortable calling tranny males “dudes” than “men” —- they aren’t men in any real sense beyond having male genitalia. Making that statement as it’s relevant to the linked article.
That said, I agree with your sentiments regarding erasure.
i saw this meme somewhere else a few weeks back.
it's interesting how these ideas spread in this web ring.
one guy writes a comment and it self-propagates the entire network.
Lowest ratings when they do that. They'll either learn or put themselves out of business.
I use dude gender neutral like the way I use bitch. I was ahead of my time.
Come on, man
well, read the article. its saying women’s history month is being dominated by trans women, and then throws some sarcasm at the end. I dont know the Daily Wires political leaning but I think they are alt right.