"Womyn"

[Floopa]

Over the last couple of weeks I've noticed a trend on my facebook page that a lot of my friends (I mean, I guess they're friends... I have them on facebook) are using the term "womyn" to replace "woman" and "women". What's the reason for it?

[Tradewind]

Bullshit is the reason.

Total.

Bullshit.

[Alpharius]

They think that men are enslaving women

[Dald]

It's an extremist thing.

[Deleted]

Writers who use alternative spellings see them as an expression of female independence and a repudiation of traditions that define females by reference to a male norm.

Wikipedia.
It doesn't have the ghastly MAN in it because womyn be independent blah blah, or, lets say, because they're nuts.

[Fadowshax]

It's an attempt by the more radical edge of the feminist movement to remove any association with "men" from "women's issues". By changing the "a" or "e" to a "y", they're no longer identifying as a subset of "man". In short, it's sexism against males.

[rakhakash]

Because lol.

[Deleted]

She will turn into Sye then?

[Tradewind]

They think that men are enslaving women

That's what I said. Bullshit.

[Adam Jensen]

They want you to unfriend them.

[Tradewind]

They want you to unfriend them.

But then you miss out on opportunities.

[Alpharius]

She will turn into Sye then?

No , it's Xe .

[Kalis]

The spellcheck function on Facebook has broken.

[Tradewind]

I always think it's funny how certain fringe feminist types seem unaware that, "Man" in the sense that we often use it to refer to people has nothing to do with "male" in any way.

it'd make their fuzzy little head explode.

[Hammerfest]

It's an attempt to generate further disharmony between the sexes.

[Deleted]

It's an attempt by the more radical edge of the feminist movement to remove any association with "men" from "women's issues". By changing the "a" or "e" to a "y", they're no longer identifying as a subset of "man". In short, it's sexism against males.

I agree this is stupid but sexist? That's even more stupid.

[Rukentuts]

The spellcheck function on Facebook has broken.

Based on past threads about certain Facebook options, I'm pretty sure them condoning this type of shit is good for business.

[starlord]

I always think it's funny how certain fringe feminist types seem unaware that, "Man" in the sense that we often use it to refer to people has nothing to do with "male" in any way.

the original word for male was "wer(e)man" iirc :P

[chibichibiko]

Why is it trending on your facebook friends' feeds? Because they recently discovered it and are friends with each other. It's new and fun to them. I doubt that any one of them is really that attached to any radical feminist movement or has read much of any of the poststructuralist literature that this term arose within.

[Hammerfest]

The root word in "woman" is "man." Militant feminists don't like that, you see. This deliberate misspelling ("womyn") is an attempt to escape reality.