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The phrase "women voters" is grammatically correct. It’s a compound noun phrase where "women" serves as an attributive noun modifying "voters." This construction is common in English (like "student athletes" or "senior citizens") and is used to specify a subgroup of voters.
I will never understand this logic, it just obviously sounds atrocious!
You wouldn't say "man voters", so why do we say "women voters"?
It makes it sound like women aren't the actors, rather the subjects, like people are voting for who should win Miss America or something..
You would say Men Voters. But yes, it does sound terrible. What can I say other than the English language is just full of all kinds of Fuckery.
women or men fuckery?
Why not both?
Maybe it's using a compound noun for a person? Or when an adjective exists? Maybe it's just tradition?
I think most grammar and vocabulary tend to boil down to tradition