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Do you consider dude, man, bro, etc. as gender neutral terms?
Just curious of how many people think so, or don't think so.
Personally, I see them as gender neutral because in my school and at home while I was growing up, everyone called everyone this regardless of who you were, or who you were talking to.
But I want to know what other people think :3Aug 31, 2021
Just curious of how many people think so, or don't think so.
Personally, I see them as gender neutral because in my school and at home while I was growing up, everyone called everyone this regardless of who you were, or who you were talking to.
But I want to know what other people think :3Aug 31, 2021
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I see them as gendered terms (since they all are meant to refer to men) but I don’t mind being called those things!
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•I use all three of these often with my friends (combination of enbys and girls) I see the as gender neutral.
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I’ll say that I’ve never had anyone use “man” on me but dude and bro are def gender neutral. Obv it depends on context but yeah, for the most part, neutral
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•well, as a female I get often called as dude or bro by my male friends. This isn't offensive, to me at least it's comletely neutral, I would say :v also it's a privilege since most of the males don't call girls this way as I would assume they'd find it offensive
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Context is kinda important but
- if you're referring to a group of people, I don't really see "dude" or "guys" as only referring to men. It actually bothers me MORE that a coworker goes "dudes and dudettes" as a greeting. Im the only woman on the team. It's like... Intentionally singling me out? And my go to informal email greeting is "hey guys". It's just nbd to me.
I don't really relate to the term "man", but I'm very aware "man" has a history of actually being a neutral term (b4 the introduction of the term woman in English) so it does crop up in a neutral way. Mankind to refer to humanity and whatnot. So yeah, context.
Bro uh.... Not one I really think of as a neutral term. But since it's usually a term of endearment, I doubt I'd care if someone called me it
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But I'd someone is using any of these terms to intentionally exclude women it's like
- if you're referring to a group of people, I don't really see "dude" or "guys" as only referring to men. It actually bothers me MORE that a coworker goes "dudes and dudettes" as a greeting. Im the only woman on the team. It's like... Intentionally singling me out? And my go to informal email greeting is "hey guys". It's just nbd to me.
I don't really relate to the term "man", but I'm very aware "man" has a history of actually being a neutral term (b4 the introduction of the term woman in English) so it does crop up in a neutral way. Mankind to refer to humanity and whatnot. So yeah, context.
Bro uh.... Not one I really think of as a neutral term. But since it's usually a term of endearment, I doubt I'd care if someone called me it
. But I'd someone is using any of these terms to intentionally exclude women it's like
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•I usually just say dude for guys and dudette for gals, although sometimes I’ll get them mixed up, Idk why
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I use all of them pretty neutrally. Man a bit less since all my friends are no male but it depends on the context of how it's said. Dude is the most neutral imo and I use it for anybody I vibe with. If someone specifies that they don't want to be addressed with those terms then I won't. Not sure what I would use otherwise though. It's cemented into my vocabulary at this point haha.
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•I’m genderfluid but I can only talk for myself but even when I feel more feminine I’m totally okay being called dude bro etc…
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For me they are gender neutral terms but I never use them because I’m always too scared someone is uncomfortable with it even if they stated they aren’t
But I guess that’s just me overthinking at this point lmao
But I guess that’s just me overthinking at this point lmao
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I don't, for some reason our society takes "male" as neutral, though male is male. I still use them as I don't know many other options like idk, comrade, bestie lol
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•I use them as gender neutral terms all the time, but if someone has specified that they dont want me to refer to them with these terms, then I try my best not to use them for that person :)
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