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noahkamara@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Never heard a non-native speaker say „female“ When you learn the language that’s a term you’ll learn after man and woman because it’s usually only used in scientific or academic context

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SpaceCadet@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

it’s usually only used in scientific or academic context

Also law enforcement typically uses it for the same reason. It’s more encompassing (the term female includes women and girls) but it also sounds formal and depersonalizing, and the depersonalizing bit is why it can sound creepy.

But again, it’s a nuance that not everybody may pick up on. I don’t like to assume malice when something can be adequately explained by ignorance.

I’m a non-native speaker myself by the way, and I didn’t pick up on this nuance until the incel thing came about a few years ago and people started to get upset about them deliberately using the term “females” as a dehumanizing way to describe women.

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GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

never heard a non-native say

Lol you’ve kept transcripts? You’re awfully confident about something of which you cannot possibly BE confident.

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