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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

It's equally, or more, correct to say "female/male people". It's just like "poor people" is ok, but "the poors" makes you sound like an asshat. Including "people" makes the difference.