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

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26 points

Well depends on context i guess. Like saying “my women teacher” just doesn’t sound as good as “my female teacher”

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The most offensive part is using the noun as plural when it’s meant to be singular, as in your example

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27 points

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

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Can you give an example of each?

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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.

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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.”

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41 points

That’s an adjective, that’s fine. It’s about using “females” as a noun.

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19 points

Yep. Same with saying “a Trans Woman” versus “a Trans”.

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7 points

A trans what? m2f? f2m?

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16 points

“the transes”

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