r/MadeMeSmile • u/RaisinAloneVortex • Sep 08 '26

CATS Smooth

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u/mpgd Sep 08 '26

We are programed like that. Both male and female's alike.

As rational beings we learn not to act by instinct only.

It is fascinating how we have evolved.

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u/discgolfallday Sep 08 '26

Females*

Female's is possessive. You don't need apostrophes to make regular nouns plural.

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u/Main-Assist-8846 Sep 08 '26

Female and male are adjectives.

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u/SB_strongbunny Sep 08 '26

It is both. Male as a sex is a noun, male's usage in male human is an adjective.

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u/Main-Assist-8846 Sep 08 '26

It describes the gender of a species. Women/woman and man/men are the chosen nouns for humans. Why not use those?

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u/SB_strongbunny Sep 08 '26

This has nothing to do with whether it is a noun or an adjective. The first comment was a noun usage of it, so that's it.

If you want an answer anyway, it is the usage in statistics and biology and such. More technical term that applies to all species. There can be a female dog, not a woman dog after all. So male and female accounts species for all living beings, and humans, are just another species is all.

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