Okay, but depending on how “female” is said, it is often used in a derogatory way by incels and misogynists.
Good professor.
This one has always been weird for me because I was in the military before female became an incel term and we regularly referred to women as females. Female officer, female berthing, female uniform standards…
Navy? Shipmate 🫱🏾
Yezzir. 5 years on LHA 5 Peleliu.
3 for me on the Abe. Hope your doing well brother 🤙🏾
female as an adjective is fine. As a noun? Yeah I’m gonna stop you right there, buddy.
What’s wrong with using the term female? I really don’t know but I’ve heard that you shouldn’t do it
“female protagonist” good
“I talked to a female today” bad
Short version but depends if you’re talking about a specific person(s) or describing the person.
In my opinion, it’s more of a lab type word when talking about biology or anatomy.
But it’s not actually all that offensive. Women have so many negative terms used to describe us already. Female can stay neutral. And I will continue to use it.
People give way too much power to small vocal minorities. Don’t let incel neckbeards make another negative term to describe our sex.
the problem is with referring to women as females
Simply put, it implies a lack of regard towards the subject as human. Saying «Female» over «Woman», «Lady» or «Girl» invokes images of animals rather than humans.
Same goes for men, but its a lot more uncommon and sometimes actually a positive, as «Male» invokes virility. Its honestly a weird double standard.
I don’t think I’ve ever been referred to as female outside of someone being creepy… I also haven’t heard men referred to as „males“ outside of bad romance novels either. You may now downvote :P
