This is definitely still used in English for plugs/connectors.
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IIRC objection is a sex vs gender thing. I'm fine with M/F too but curious if I was supposed to say otherwise and missed a memo.
Honestly, that sounds like a silly argument. Inclusivity is all about interaction in the context of humans; m/f connectors is just an abstract concept loosely modeled on a prevailing (though not universal) pattern. It doesn't claim to be a perfect match for reality.
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I think the silly argument here is that things are assigned genetilia on the basis of their functions.
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Is there something special about genitalia? Should we deprecate technical terms like "head", "tail", "body", "ingest", "digest", "footer", "backbone", "sniff", "die", "kill", etc? They also reference body parts, actions, or functions. Are animals OK? "watchdog", "canary", etc.
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