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[–] AllHailTheSheep 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

female as an adjective for clarification (like "oh you're looking for that female doctor over there") is ok, female as a noun is just weird

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

There are contexts where it makes sense, mostly medicine or science, but even in those contexts it's deliberately dehumanizing, which is the point. It is also the only English word for a female human that does not imply age, as woman and girl both do.

The quick sniff test: "Males and females"? Clinical, but probably fine. "Men and females"? Fucking Ferengi freak, avoid that guy

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Unless you're speaking about (non human) animals. Saying a dog is a female is fine.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

I knew it! Once I suggested this to someone assuming they're, like me, not a native speaker, and got downvoted to hell. Turned out I was too woke.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

But isn't calling her a bitch also fine in this case?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

To be fair, the existence of animal breeders is not fine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Excuse me, but my dog is a lady.

(An obnoxious, clumsy, stupid lady but...)

[–] AllHailTheSheep 2 points 1 week ago

true! connotation is a weird thing.