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A comment on Ask HN: What Is a Woman?.

Re:Ask HN: What Is a Woman? by kstenerud on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:01PM (#31169975)
It's whatever your culture wants it to be.

Words are an extension of a culture, and as a culture undergoes a shift, so do its words. Eventually the culture will settle upon a communally agreed upon definition and life will go on.

There's little sense in worrying over it, since it's beyond any one person to control.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is a Woman? by MathCodeLove on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:35PM (#31170477)
I think assuming that eventually the culture will "settle" on a definition as if it will suddenly reach a point of maturity and stop evolving is an inaccurate assessment. This strikes me as a non-answer.
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Re:Ask HN: What Is a Woman? by kstenerud on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:00PM (#31170854)
Suit yourself.
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