To find the word "female" demeaning

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LoraPiano · 10/02/2023 10:56

I increasingly see women being referred to as "female" as in "that female over there" or "a female approached my husband" or "females like chocolate". I hear it from both men and women, but especially from the younger generation, and usually about younger women.

Is it me or this is a little rude and insulting? Like there are reducing them to their gender and completely taking the person our of it. It's not a female giraffe, or a female bird.

Am I old fashioned? What's wrong with just saying woman/girl/lady etc?

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TheHumanExperience · 13/02/2023 21:45

LoraPiano · 10/02/2023 12:03

Wow I had no idea about the trans angle... but just because men/trans people are trying to appropriate the word "women" we shouldn't have to give it up and be content with a lesser word. I don't see "female" as a positive replacement for "woman" and wouldn't embrace it.

But of course easier said than done and I don't know much about the gender/trans debate.

The Trans angle is making everything so complicated. So I'm keeping it simple. I'm not a young person so all these labels are dividing us even more in my opinion. A man is a man with male parts at birth. A woman has a womb and female parts at birth. That's it. I'm sorry but I'm not interested in helping recreate a whole new way of speaking.

#LGBwithouttheT How many letters can we add on to try to be inclusive? The more we include, the more we exclude. At the end of the day, we are all just humans or 2 reproductive sexes.

I will probably get flamed for this but whatever... I'm not phobic in any way, more live and let live.

nalabae · 13/02/2023 22:46

Everyone wants to be offended, It’s not calling you a btvh

ThinWomansBrain · 13/02/2023 22:51

sounds weird - but less offensive than "ladies" - or "girls"

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