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Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoHere in Australia we use male/female all the time.
I physically cringe when I see Americans say stuff like “woman politician” instead of “female politician”. It sounds so grammatically wrong, that you legit sound like a caveman impression (ex. “Grug go car”).
syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Yeah, to my ESL ears man/woman are nouns, not adjectives, and using them as adjectives comes off as childish.
That said, “female X” can also sound clumsy, if it’s implied that a bare X is male, e.g. “politician” and “female politician”, vs male and female politician. There was a twitter account calling itself a “male programmer” which took the piss out of that trope.
Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
100%, I also hate the stupid shit like “actress” as if we need a whole new fucking word when you can just say actor for everyone.