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"What is a woman?"

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  • I'm not trying to communicate or understand anything in particular when someone says they're a woman.

    • Then what's the point of using the word woman at all?

      • Because it is a useful descriptor.

        • What is it describing? Can you be more specific?

          • It may be describing the appearance of someone.

            • What specifically about their appearance tells you they are a woman? You've said it's a useful descriptor. What about their appearance does 'woman' describe? You're the one claiming "woman" is a descriptor. How so? Support your claim with specific examples.

              Ps aren't you embarrassed trying to weasel out of saying your actual opinion? Like I have transparently asked, we both know there are visual cues you're using to define woman. The reason I'm guessing you refuse to list them, is that we know I can find a woman who doesn't fit that mold and would still be defined by society as a woman. You're a coward afraid of losing and intellectually dishonest.

              • This is very frustrating. You're accusing me of being disingenuous but I'm not.

                In any case, I'm really going to have to just ask you to infer how I evaluate how I evaluate which of those three people is a woman, and which is a man.

                Let's just roll with it and see how it goes.

                One physical trait is the hairstyle.

                • Okay, what hairstyle is exclusive only to women and not accessible to men? Was Sinead O'Conner a woman?

                  • I never made the claim the hairstyle was exclusive to women only.

                    • Then calling someone a woman must not be a way to describe hairstyle. What is woman a descriptor of then?

                      • As I said before, it's not just one thing, its a culmination of things. Hairstyle is just one thing.

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