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"dude" is not gender neutral
you don't have to "play guess the gender" if you only take a second to ask the person or read their bio
if you disagree please feel free to go eat your own shoe
@squirrel or hell, just use gender neutral terms until you get around to finding out
That's what I tend to do 'cause I'm super lazy
I was pretty sure that dude became a unisex term in like the 70s?
I am troubled by the implication that we should turn a term that is seeing neutral usage into a gendered term purely because of a suspicion of coded use. That seems counterproductive to queering language.
@Irick @troubleMoney dude is not gender neutral
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude
it always meant male
@squirrel @troubleMoney
From the article:
"In the early 1960s, dude became prominent in surfer culture as a synonym of guy or fella. The female equivalent was "dudette" or "dudess," but these have both fallen into disuse, and "dude" is now also used as a unisex term."
@Irick @troubleMoney i don't know anyone who recognizes this
and also people can still be offended by it regardless of it being gender neutral or not
like, chill irick
you're wrong
