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[-] Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's technically grammatically correct, but outside of a medical context (or military, as stated above), it has, in recent years especially, been heavily associated with incels and other creepy kinds of people. So in effect no, it's not generally considered good to refer to women as "female" in day-to-day speech.

Examples:

"Females simply don't have the emotional capacity that men do, which is why they're so quick to cheat and betray" - typical incel line

"Today on the train I saw a beautiful female with silky hair and clear skin" - kinda sounds like a serial killer

[-] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 months ago

I don't really see a problem with saying things like "my female friends" or "my female colleagues", when it's used as an adjective.

[-] kboy101222@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Adjective is fine! As a noun it's creepy and makes you sound like an incel

[-] ChrissieWF@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

No one claimed it is, when used as an adjective :)

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

This, people just being weird about terms

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