Abbie Chatfield has warned her fans to be careful when using the word “women”.
The Bachelor star, 28, claimed on a recent episode of her It’s A Lot podcast that using the word ‘women’ is offensive because it dehumanises women and excludes transgender people.
‘It feels like an argument. It feels like the word b**tch. it feels… blatantly sexist,’ Abbie explained.
‘It feels transphobic in a weird way because it categorises people. “Also, when you say ‘women,’ it sounds more like someone is stating a fact about a group of people,” she continued.
Abbie said that when the word ‘women’ is used it allows for more ‘debate’ about what it means to be a ‘woman’.
Abbie Chatfield, 28, (pictured) has warned her fans to be careful when using the word “women” because it dehumanises women and excludes transgender people
She went on to explain how the word “woman” sounds archaic because it implies that women are like animals that require a male to provide for them.
‘They say ‘women’ in a way to remind us that we (women) can’t change our natural instincts and we can’t change what we actually want – which is a protective big man to take care of us ,’ she said.
When asked if it was offensive to a woman to use the word ‘women’, Abbie said it ‘feels like it’s internalized misogyny’.
In her caption, Abbie admitted that the word ‘slut’ might be ‘too harsh’ to describe the word ‘women’, but doubled down on her argument that the term ‘annoys her’ for good reason.
“It might be because it’s used by incels (involuntary celibates) and misogynists in general,” she speculated.
‘It feels transphobic in a weird way because it categorises people. Also, when you say ‘women,’ it sounds more like someone is stating a fact about a group of people,” Abbie said on a recent episode of her It’s A Lot podcast
Abbie’s fans were quick to weigh in on the debate in the comments section, with many saying they agree the term is derogatory.
‘Absolutely. Literally makes my body tense up when I hear it used like this by men,’ one user wrote, as another agreed: ‘Yes, it’s dehumanizing and women shouldn’t use it either.’
‘When (men) use ‘women’ it feels like a way to strip us down to just our reproductive parts and devalue both us and trans people because 1) it tells us that’s all we are to them and 2) tells trans women they are not women because they do not have the reproductive organs. It feels like a double whammy or disrespect and disregard,’ argued another.
Abbie’s fans were quick to weigh in on the debate in the comments section, with many saying they agree the term is derogatory
However, there were plenty of fans who disagreed with the sentiment.
‘You’ve got to be kidding me. Are you trying to sound really ‘turned on’ or something? Women are women and women are girls. It’s the same haha oh my god,’ wrote one.
‘We are women. Women, women, all the same. This is petty,” added another.