Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women’s World Cup after trans women were banned.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    WTF banning trans gamers because of what? Because beating on trans people takes focus from your own gender identity insecurity? Gtfo

    Also, and I know this isn’t the point. But the word “women” is a noun, the adjective is “female”. I know that some misogynistic assholes use “female” as a noun, which from a linguistical POV is just as bad, and it’s why some people don’t like using “female” as an adjective. But… And it is as I’m writing this, that it dawns on me, that if people should be able to transform, then so should language… Dagnabbit! I just don’t like it when people change the language, but I’ll wear a rainbow pin, I’ll and defend trans people… What does that make me?

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      Misogyny didn’t change “male” and “female” into nouns, they’ve always functioned as nouns since their first usage in the 1300s, according to some quick research. Also, there’s no such thing as linguistic morality, either you can communicate your thoughts with others or you can’t.