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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Female as the adjectival form of woman is normal and ok. As a noun for a human it tells me you’re on one of a few varieties of bullshit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can you give an example of each?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

My teacher is female.

My teacher is a female.

The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That "a" is doing a lot of work lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Latin languages:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The latter is indeed awkward

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a noun: “Females are often uncomfortable being called females.” As opposed to “Women are often uncomfortable being called females.”

As an adjective: “The reported rate of sexual violence among female soldiers indicates a serious problem that is being insufficiently dealt with.”