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 ^^

  • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    127·
    11 months ago

    However, when it is used as a noun, it can be dehumanising. For example: “A female at my workplace has brown hair” is dehumanising.

    The fuck are you talking about?

      • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        115·
        11 months ago

        Using human nonspecific terminology to describe women is dehumanizing.

        What an oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one.

          • n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            17·
            11 months ago

            Ass u me much? I never said that ya Qanon crazy fuck

            Sorry to tell ya I live on a farm, if anyone says that they are just projecting and should prolly go touch grass themselves

            The fact y’all think calling a woman a female is dehumanizing is fucking pathetic. Go out and get a life

            • myfavouritename@lemmy.world
              7·
              11 months ago

              I get that you’re being practical here. You’re not technically wrong, and the people who are disagreeing with you really are arguing points of nuance.

              But they aren’t wrong either. That nuance matters in certain contexts.

              You can pick this hill to defend. Or you can learn something that you didn’t know about the people in your online community, and probably your IRL community too.

              Embrace learning something new. It will almost never be a waste of your time.