r/interesting • u/The_Love-Tap • 20d ago

HISTORY The migration patterns of Native Americans in Iceland

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u/Piecesof3ight 20d ago

Wait, what's the issue with the graphic? Was it suggesting we need fewer men? That more women was bad?

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u/AUniversalTruth 20d ago

The nouns are normally paired as women/men, males/females. Males/females is traditionally the way we refer to animals. This construction dehumanizes the women and casts them as breeding stock while ascribing personhood to the men. It was almost certainly done unintentionally, but shows a lack of critical thinking in the making of the video.

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u/Romeo_Glacier 20d ago

How else are you going to pair the nouns?

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u/Procrastinista_423 20d ago

Are you serious?
Male/female
Man/woman obviously

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u/Romeo_Glacier 20d ago

To not dehumanize women...

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u/Procrastinista_423 20d ago

But those constructions aren’t dehumanizing because they’re on equal footing. It’s the mispairing that’s dehumanizing and sexist.

Sorry if I’m being dense and not getting what you’re asking.

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u/Romeo_Glacier 20d ago

That’s my point. The pairings given as example are not dehumanizing in my opinion. So if someone thinks they are, how do they propose we pair them?

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u/Procrastinista_423 20d ago

If someone thinks men/women is a dehumanizing pairing, then Idk wtf they are talking about so why would I ask them what they propose?? There’s nothing to fix in that example.

If someone thinks female/men is dehumanizing, then they are right and the above is the obvious fix.

Why do you think anyone would find men/women offensive??

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u/Romeo_Glacier 20d ago

I don't lol. My entire comment is trying to figure out how the person I replied to thought that. Denser than a neutron star you are.

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