the fact that “female” is just male with fe added to it implies women are the frontend of men

@ellie@yearning.gay real and true

@ellie In certain native american societies this was actually kind of true.

Like the lenape where women were a large part of governance and diplomacy.

@ellie "women" being just wo in front of men further solidifies this

a fun fact: actually the words male and female are unrelated

female comes from the Latin word femella — a young woman, while male comes from the Latin word masculus — masculine, a male

p. s. I’m amused by this remark on the dictionary page for male:

Displaced native Old English wǣpned (“male”, literally “penised”), derived from the noun wǣpn (“weapon”), which had the secondary sense “penis”.

@ellie

@ellie the original ironman.

@ellie that’s basically what a femboy is