Current Events > Since when the hell did the word "female" become taboo?

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I still see the word "male" being used all the time. Yet in the past few years, certain...things have changed and somehow it's wrong to use this very simple neutral word "female" now?

Also most people use the word "female" simply because

1. It's more grammatically correct. You don't say a woman co-worker. Or a woman gender. Because woman is a noun. NOT an adjective.
2. A woman does not encompass all of this gender, since it is restricted in age to those older and above. How about referring to teenage girls, tweens, young adults? Are we supposed to say "women and girls" instead or what?
3. Why the hypocrisy. Somehow it's still completely OK to use the word 'male' but apparently using the word 'female' is gonna get you stoned by the triggered feminists in an instant

Dude, people on reddit get so mad if you say female.

Usually I see them say female is an adjective and thus shouldn't be used as a noun, and that it can refer to any creature so it's dehumanizing. I find the outrage to be bunk.

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Nobody is taking issue with using it as an adjective, and the people who refer to women as females are usually (always?) stinky incels or nazis

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Using female as a noun is usually considered weird since incels tend to refer to men or boys as those words instead of male.

nothanks1 posted...

Using female as a noun is usually considered weird since incels tend to refer to men or boys as those words instead of male.

This

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Nah people do not say male the same way some men say female. Women don't say "I met this male at the club" cause it's fucking weird and dehumanizing

shockthemonkey posted...

Did someone make fun of you for sounding like an incel or something? Thats the only time I ever see someone criticized for calling women females.

No but I recall seeing a topic here some time back basically telling people not to use the word "females"

I don't see an issue with calling women, females

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Axiom posted...

Nah people do not say male the same way some men say female. Women don't say "I met this male at the club" cause it's fucking weird and dehumanizing

I've never heard anyone say "I met this female at the club" either.
Normally when they say "female" as a noun, it's always in plural. "Females". Because that's the best way to be referring to the whole gender regardless of age.

It's mostly when you use it in weird situations. Like when you're talking about a social situation but sound like a scientist analyzing an alien species.

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female can refer to women or transwomen. that's why the word has become outdated.

if you are talking about women who were AFAB, then just use the new term uterus haver.

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When you refer to women as females, you sound like David Attenborough talking about animals.
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Is this an internet thing? I've seen it used occasionally IRL without any backlash.

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WeeWeiWiiWie posted...

It's mostly when you use it in weird situations. Like when you're talking about a social situation but sound like a scientist analyzing an alien species.

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Only one person I know in real life gets triggered by this and she has her own set of issues.

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Not trying to lie, it does come off as pretty cringe. Especially when it's accompanied by some sort of incel rant.

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Only one person I know in real life gets triggered by this and she has her own set of issues.

is one of them being that she's surrounded by misogynists?

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I use it with my friends

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It's just normally used in a condescending, sexist context.

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The female in question is about 4ft, hairy, incompressible speech and prone to violent outbursts
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It's a girl dog

I usually notice the word "Female" being used by people with a more "urban" vernacular.

Growing up, i lost count of how many times ive heard "Check out those fine females" and the like.

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Shezarr posted...

Nobody is taking issue with using it as an adjective, and the people who refer to women as females are usually (always?) stinky incels or nazis

nothanks1 posted...

Using female as a noun is usually considered weird since incels tend to refer to men or boys as those words instead of male.

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Flauros posted...

I usually notice the word "Female" being used by people with a more "urban" vernacular.

Growing up, i lost count of how many times ive heard "Check out those fine females" and the like.

Winner winner chicken dinner.

People on here acting like there's a bunch of sweating neck beards breathing and saying and raspy voices "we need to acquire some females".

But this is mostly something you hear amongst your guy friends in actuality.

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The word itself didn't become taboo. But it's weird to use it in non-scientific context and incels regularly use it to complain about something girls do
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Shame incels are setting the standard for certain words and how their usage ought to be perceived.

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Greetings, femoids

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how do you do my fellow females?

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I know my grammar aint perfect but for me is using it where it sounds right. Sometimes saying women sounds weird in particular sentences so I say female. Sometimes female sounds weird to me so i say women.

Like women video game characters vs female video game characters. Female sounds better to me.

That woman at the bar vs that female at the bar. Woman sounds better to me

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It's using females as a noun

yall sound ignorant and basement dwellerish not understanding the difference

Like "these females", or "you know sometimes a female will"

Not

"the female protagonist of that movie really helped me feel like a white knight"

Like that type of thing

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Outer_space posted...

Seems to be pretty common in inner cities.

You can tell that a lot of CE doesnt get out much. Especially with topics like these.

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It makes you sound like a Ferengi

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deoxxys posted...

something you hear amongst your guy friends in actuality

Implying my guy friends aren't a bunch of sweating neck beards breathing and speaking in raspy voices.

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