Ok, but why idiot girls? Why not idiot boys? Or idiot transgenders? They can all be idiots too, I think it’s wrong to discriminate against the boys and transgenders who can be equally idiotic.
This is a perfect example of ignorance leading to being offended.
Latina specifically means those of the feminine persuasion. Latino would be the all encompassing term or the term for those of the masculine persuasion.
Rereading your comment in a heavily sarcastic tone, I can see what you were going for, but I am also unsurprised at it being misinterpreted. Sarcastic jokes are hard when there are people who say that kind of thing unironically
As someone mentioned, it’s because Latinas rather than Latinos. Some people have used Latinx or something similar to denote both, but I saw some backlash on that and am not sure if it’s preferee. Anyway, historically Latinos denotes either male or just general pop, kinda like mankind does in English.
Latinas on the other hand is specifically feminine, so it’s like “mothers against drunk driving” type organizations, specifically named to signify that it’s women. so they weren’t being sexist, just responding to the specificity in like manner.
Ok, but why idiot girls? Why not idiot boys? Or idiot transgenders? They can all be idiots too, I think it’s wrong to discriminate against the boys and transgenders who can be equally idiotic.
This is a perfect example of ignorance leading to being offended.
Latina specifically means those of the feminine persuasion. Latino would be the all encompassing term or the term for those of the masculine persuasion.
Ok, I am neither ignorant nor offended. I was being sarcastic.
Anyway, maybe my fault for not including the /s at the end of my post, but I really thought the tone was good enough, sorry internet strangers
Also, I upvoted the comment I was making fun of, thought it was clear, but still, soz guys
Rereading your comment in a heavily sarcastic tone, I can see what you were going for, but I am also unsurprised at it being misinterpreted. Sarcastic jokes are hard when there are people who say that kind of thing unironically
That certainly wasn’t sarcastic.
Maybe you could look up what the word Latina means.
Omg, didn’t realise this was such a sensitive topic, read my other comments, I was being sarcastic… Faaaaaaq.
As someone mentioned, it’s because Latinas rather than Latinos. Some people have used Latinx or something similar to denote both, but I saw some backlash on that and am not sure if it’s preferee. Anyway, historically Latinos denotes either male or just general pop, kinda like mankind does in English.
Latinas on the other hand is specifically feminine, so it’s like “mothers against drunk driving” type organizations, specifically named to signify that it’s women. so they weren’t being sexist, just responding to the specificity in like manner.