• LwL@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    It really isn’t, it’s the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals…

    Like holy shit context matters, and I don’t mean that in a “it’s fine if it’s not meant as an insult” way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent.

    But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can’t tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument.

    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      It’s been used as a slur against intersex people since medieval times, before someone decided to use it to talk about slugs and shit. You would know this if you actually listened to intersex people.