People using males instead of men in a sentence

[Brogues]

Is it a new thing or haven’t I been paying attention? it’s more the plural version I think grates.

‘I’d like to thank the three females who helped my granddad earlier’ just doesn’t seem to flow as well ‘I’d like to thank the three women who helped my granddad earlier’. It sounds awfully formal like the way police would describe a suspect.

The police seem to use "male" instead of "man". Not sure why.

I suspect it's used by the same people who say, "If you want more information please contact myself." I think people have ideas about sounding formal.

I think I've seen young people talk like this eg young men talking about fit females rather than fit birds iyswim.

Female/male is much clearer nowadays. The word "woman" has had its meaning changed to mean anyone, female/male is a clear biological term.

I hear someone use "female", and I think of Friday Night Dinner.

My in-laws do this and I find it so weird. They'll say things like 'i stopped to help someone whose tyre had burst. The female was really panicking' or 'yeah we had two waiters, the chap was a bit off but the female was lovely'. They never say 'male' when they're referring to a man. I always think it sounds like they're talking about animals and it really grates on me!

Just came here to see if anyone mentioned Friday Night Dinner and “females”. @XenoBitch , you didn’t disappoint!!! 😂

“Lovely bit of squirrel” 😂

I’ve not watched it, maybe everyone using it has!

Because these days, man can mean anyone who identifies as a man. If I wanted to specify actual men I'd say males so there would be no confusion.
Shouldn't have to, but here we are..

It's an Americanism- they used to use this all the time in ER 25 years ago.

It's wrong though. Man is a noun, male is an adjective (that person is male. He is a man).

@WalkerWalking Without sounding sarcastic cheers for the grammar lesson. Not something that I'd thought about but it makes sense.

I don’t really see people using ‘males’ but ‘females’ is used by incels and roadmen and makes me cringe

It is used to distinguish members of the female sex from people of the male sex who identify as women.

I don’t really see people using ‘males’ but ‘females’ is used by incels and roadmen and makes me cringe

Yeah. It sounds derogatory to me when men say it.

The words men and women have been misappropriated by trans-ideology / queer theory. They don’t mean anything anymore. People have retreated to makes and females in an attempt to be clear.