Anyone else hate women being called females? It used to be seen to be the language of stinky mouth breathing nerds living in their parents basements, but over the last... 5-10 years it's become so normal somehow?! Same for male, but far less prevalent it seems. Male? Male what? Male Dog? Male Elephant? Oh Male Human? That's a man...
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"Anyone else hate women being called females? It used to be seen to be the language of stinky mouth breathing nerds living in their parents basements, but over the last... 5-10 years it's become so normal somehow?! Same for male, but far less prevalent it seems. Male? Male what? Male Dog? Male Elephant? Oh Male Human? That's a man...
Let Female be the adjective it always had been!"
I guess it depends on the context. There is the difference between being called the "female half of a couple", and the "woman half of a couple". Both would technically be the same but it doesnt scan right.
I think a lot of the more common usage of the term female over woman is becuase the world is becomming more tran-acceptable (i myself have dated T-girls), but ultimately just describe yourself as you want be described, be it female, woman, duck, zucchini, whatever...
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"Anyone else hate women being called females? It used to be seen to be the language of stinky mouth breathing nerds living in their parents basements, but over the last... 5-10 years it's become so normal somehow?! Same for male, but far less prevalent it seems. Male? Male what? Male Dog? Male Elephant? Oh Male Human? That's a man...
Let Female be the adjective it always had been!
I guess it depends on the context. There is the difference between being called the "female half of a couple", and the "woman half of a couple". Both would technically be the same but it doesnt scan right.
I think a lot of the more common usage of the term female over woman is becuase the world is becomming more tran-acceptable (i myself have dated T-girls), but ultimately just describe yourself as you want be described, be it female, woman, duck, zucchini, whatever...
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Well, it doesn't scan as woman in a noun and female is an adjective. it literally doesn't make sense, and that's why it sounds weird... When you talk about a couple, female is doing it's correct thing, being an adjective. |
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Any formal application your obliged to tick a box asking male or female, this really annoy's me as I hate being put in a box, but can anyone really tell me an alternative way of asking this question ?? |
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I hate the term female...makes me think of Ferengi in Star Trek
I hate the term women...makes me feel old and dull
Would say girl, but not sure everyone likes it
So...kickass amazonian goddess is the alternative, thank you!
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Different people like different things. Language is a minefield. I usually say woman or women. It sounds quite functional and unfriendly to me. Girl is more fun and friendly but can be seen as patronising. Female is correct but biological and impersonal.
In the absence of an obvious candidate word, I just accept different people say different things. |
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"Anyone else hate women being called females? It used to be seen to be the language of stinky mouth breathing nerds living in their parents basements, but over the last... 5-10 years it's become so normal somehow?! Same for male, but far less prevalent it seems. Male? Male what? Male Dog? Male Elephant? Oh Male Human? That's a man...
Let Female be the adjective it always had been!"
Like lots of things, your reaction to peoples descriptors are often an indicator of how well you match. I think whichever terms we use for anything, someone will disagree. Natural filtering at its finest.  |
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"Different people like different things. Language is a minefield. I usually say woman or women. It sounds quite functional and unfriendly to me. Girl is more fun and friendly but can be seen as patronising. Female is correct but biological and impersonal.
In the absence of an obvious candidate word, I just accept different people say different things. "
With language evolving I get, and love, that words are there to mean what people want them to mean. And female can be used as a noun. so ehhhh I suppose it's sort of "correct", and we all *know* what the intent is in the language. But it seems some people literally don't understand the difference being pointed out, in terms of nouns and adjectives and such.
"you are a woman" - identifies your gender as a human
"you are female" - identifies your gender without species
"you are a female" - identifies their mum buys their pants... or it used to! |
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"Different people like different things. Language is a minefield. I usually say woman or women. It sounds quite functional and unfriendly to me. Girl is more fun and friendly but can be seen as patronising. Female is correct but biological and impersonal.
In the absence of an obvious candidate word, I just accept different people say different things.
With language evolving I get, and love, that words are there to mean what people want them to mean. And female can be used as a noun. so ehhhh I suppose it's sort of "correct", and we all *know* what the intent is in the language. But it seems some people literally don't understand the difference being pointed out, in terms of nouns and adjectives and such.
"you are a woman" - identifies your gender as a human
"you are female" - identifies your gender without species
"you are a female" - identifies their mum buys their pants... or it used to!"
I take your point on the first two. I'm not sure about the third, but it made me laugh! ( ) |
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"Different people like different things. Language is a minefield. I usually say woman or women. It sounds quite functional and unfriendly to me. Girl is more fun and friendly but can be seen as patronising. Female is correct but biological and impersonal.
In the absence of an obvious candidate word, I just accept different people say different things.
With language evolving I get, and love, that words are there to mean what people want them to mean. And female can be used as a noun. so ehhhh I suppose it's sort of "correct", and we all *know* what the intent is in the language. But it seems some people literally don't understand the difference being pointed out, in terms of nouns and adjectives and such.
"you are a woman" - identifies your gender as a human
"you are female" - identifies your gender without species
"you are a female" - identifies their mum buys their pants... or it used to!"
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I noticed when Rachel Blackmore won the grand national much was said in the media of the first female jockey to win the race. I noticed however that interviews with people in racing referred to her as a lady jockey which struck me as nicer. |
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"I noticed when Rachel Blackmore won the grand national much was said in the media of the first female jockey to win the race. I noticed however that interviews with people in racing referred to her as a lady jockey which struck me as nicer. "
It's pretty sad if they had to labour the point she was female either way. Hopefully it was only in passing to acknowledge that interesting fact, and then let her be an talented individual rather than a statistic.
But in that context, I think female is far more appropriate in language. That's all getting closer to drifting towards gender politics, which really isn't anything to do with why it annoys me. |
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