Kill me now.
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I never really understood the outrage associated with using this word. I have no problem calling myself male, or being referred to as male even though I just identy as a "person", tbh. People just want to be pissed off.
I do get why, woman is referring to human female. Female refers to a female of any specie. Still think it's dumb to get mad about
My cat is a girl, is girl now offensive as it refers to “all species”?
It’s a ridiculous argument, based on some “scientific” basis of a word that doesn’t hold up in everyday speech and seems to stem entirely from Americans.
We use male/female all the time in Australia, it’s not an issue and doesn’t carry negative social connotations. Referring to a group of women as females sounds grammatically wrong, but that’s about it.
I don't think that's universally true. Most parts of Australia I've been to have the same nuance of "females" often being used by assholes in a demeaning way and seen as somewhat dehumanising in some contexts (but not all).
We don’t do stupid shit like say “woman athletes ” over “female athletes” like seppos do.