That's a lot of words over such a short comment.

I didn't know what you meant, so it wasn't an insult. The only thing I could cross reference was the hive mind reference.

Oh, boy.

Can you explain the "...continues onto a Jezebel thing" comment?

Then apologize to the other person for calling them childish. That's it.

I think you nailed it really, it's the person using it. My experience has been those that say female in the noun, non-scientific way, were using it to be misogynistic. It was the totality of their language in addition to their other misogynistic attitudes. The word alone is not the issue, it's the intent behind it. I…

Are you playing bingo too?

Well, now you know that it makes many women uncomfortable and we wish you wouldn't use it. You get to decide what to do with that insight.

Of course you do. So magnanimous of you. Sounds super fake.

It is a typo

Ok, if we're gonna do the tone police thing:

The reason this site has a "bad reputation" is because women speaking their minds in a not nice way scares people.

Yes, he wanted to have sex with women. He hadn't had a relationship in a very long time and seemed to blame all women for his girlfriend dumping him. At first his comments really angered me but over time I felt sorry for him. He was so caught up in hatred that he couldn't see how it was derailing any opportunity to…

And really what's importamt is what you feel and your intent. That supposed offended person or group.

Because if you don't intend to hurt someone you will never hurt anyone ever!

It's all about intent. That's really important.

A non-misogynist, duh! Don't you know he doesn't intend to be misogynistic?

What exactly is the farthest thing from a misogynist?

Lady.

I joined just to comment on this article. Been lurking for a long time (sounds creepy, doesn't it?) But yes, I've yet to see an instance where "female" isn't being used as a degrading, condescending term.