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Topic	Have you learned to stopped calling women "female"?
The_Apologist 02/25/24 10:29:52 PM #355:	TheOtherMike posted... When referring to humans (outside specific clinical and scientific contexts), female is an adjective and using it as a noun is incorrect. I mean, it has a centuries-long history of being used as a noun in reference to humans, and every dictionary permits its use as a noun. Referring to women as 'females' is a bad idea for sociocultural reasons, but it isn't grammatically incorrect. <cite>The_Apologist posted [p:979044254] in Have you l... [t:80705308]...</cite> <quote>TheOtherMike posted... </cite><quote>When referring to humans (outside specific clinical and scientific contexts), female is an adjective and using it as a noun is incorrect.</quote>I mean, it has a centuries-long history of being used as a noun in reference to humans, and every dictionary permits its use as a noun. Referring to women as 'females' is a bad idea for sociocultural reasons, but it isn't grammatically incorrect.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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