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[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

"of the female persuasion" - is that a normal turn of phrase?

It makes it sound like gender is fluid (like "she convinced herself she's a girl and there's nothing to be done about it"), which I absolutely love, especially considering it's the mid 19th century...

[–] nelly_man@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

It looks like somebody asked about this phrase on the English StackExchange.

https://english.stackexchange.com/q/394762

[–] dumbass@quokk.au 5 points 1 week ago

They didn't have the phrase 'Big tiddy goth girls' back then.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

he means women are fem twinks