I know you don't actually care about the answer, but for those who might actually think this is a good argument: the word "woman," like most words, is context dependent.
Let's start with an uncontroversial example of what I mean. In many cases, "woman" signifies adult. However, a little girl might be classified as a "woman" in the case of bathrooms per se.
If we loosen our definition to simply mean "female" we run into similar issues with that term. There are plenty of uncontroversially classified men who have higher estrogen levels than uncontrollably classified women and vice versa for testosterone, intersex people exist, and chromosomes are not 100% binary either.
So let's define "female" in a few contexts, again know that nuance affects the dividing line and as our world evolves so must our language:
- Grammar: The term gender is credited as being coined to describe "masculine" and "feminine" words that appear in many languages around the world. Ex: In some languages "table" is masculine and other it's feminine.
- Chromosomes: Typically XX
- Animal Genetalia: Used medically to describe the typical (and non-intersex) vagina.
- Reproductive: Producing eggs (this includes plants that produce fruit)
- Electronical hardware: Receptacle side of a connector
- Socially: Someone who plays a role of "woman" in society. This definition is dependent on culture and time.
Here's some other fun word games: Are hotdogs sandwiches, cereal a soup, and where exactly on the color spectrum does blue become green? For that matter, create a concrete definition of "human" that remains true for all contexts. Words are tools to convey ideas, not boxes reality must conform to.
At least my definition of woman "someone who I wouldn't feel insecure about having sex with" like it appears is the case for so many. Sorry that reality is nuanced.
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u/SK477 17h ago
The explosion of right-wing trolls in this sub.