Hey so a female horse is only a "mare" after it's given birth for the first time, before then it's a "filly" Same with a female pig (which goes from a "gilt" to a "sow"), or a "heifer" becoming a "cow" Do you make this distinction with humans? Why or why not https://twitter.com/BelleSanders_/status/1223043368986431488 …
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The point is we use these terms for animals because we really did just treat animals as biological machines whose relevant traits was what we could use them for Cows give milk, heifers don't Bulls are for breeding, steers for eating, oxen for working
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Using the way we name animals as an argument for how we should treat people is, you know, bad
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