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Is "female" offensive? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Trincapinones@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word "female", is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?

I don't know if this is the best place to ask, if it's not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If that’s the case then I have less of a clue as to where the problem is

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 7 points 8 months ago

Read the other comments in this thread. "female" as an adjective is fine, "female" as a noun is often abused by misogynists to imply women are less human than men.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Living under a rock the last 15 years?

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Making fun of someone for not knowing something, are we?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

More like implying they do know, actually. It's hard to imagine speaking english as well as they do and somehow not knowing this.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Welcome to the real world?