> I'm rather surprised I'm getting so much pushback on this here, of all places. I thought it would be pretty obvious to most of the English as first language population here.
I suspect it's not obvious to the overwhelming majority of English speakers that there is some problem with referring to females as females, or describing them as female.
In my observation, claiming that using the word "female" to refer to females is somehow problematic is the fringe view. Not the other way around.
I suspect it's not obvious to the overwhelming majority of English speakers that there is some problem with referring to females as females, or describing them as female.
In my observation, claiming that using the word "female" to refer to females is somehow problematic is the fringe view. Not the other way around.