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Can't be only one who hates "petite" right ? Only see it used to describe (short|small titted) adult women . Specially wen used in NSFW contexts just … bad vibesz all around , don't like its connotati (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Eigengrau@kbin.social to c/random@kbin.social

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Unnecessarily gendered language describing physical traits anyone can have
Tying physical attributes to gender
Likens the (short|small titted) adult women to children , creating countless problems itself

Can we just get rid of it already ? Wy hasn't it been dropped by now ?

CLARIFICATION : Only concerned with how it's used in english

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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The reason it's only used for women is because French is a Romance (gendered) language and petite is the feminine singular form of the word petit. It's not different than the Spanish pequeña VS pequeño. I don't necesarily see a problem with it, but Spanish is my native language so I'm used to the concept

[–] Eigengrau@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

@Canadian_Cabinet But like wy it needs to be that way for english ?