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[โ€“] Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean I used to do it tons in the army, that was the accepted way to refer to the women. Like "hey where is the females bunk I need to drop something off to sgt jones"

I never meant it disrespectfully, can't speak for anyone else though.

[โ€“] gerbler@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It's not so much that the word itself is offensive it's just that using it as a noun instead of an adjective to refer to a person carries with it connotations and implies you're referring to a person as if they're a subject or an animal or something below human.