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I don't think "female" is offensive.

I thought it was offensive because some (supposedly female) users said it was offensive; but I didn't understand why my female friends used the term (female).

I found another saying that it wasn't offensive, and I immediate copied that belief.

LGBTQ+ politics is confusing …

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[–] Tryp@fuckreddit.tryp.digital 5 points 2 years ago

What is offensive is just a personal perspective so you're gunna get mixed answers. Ultimately it will always come down to what the person meant by it and how the other person perceives it, by default that is a mixed bag of emotions and reactions.

I'll note that I do something I call synonym panic where I get to a keyword in a sentence and I kind of blank, start struggling for words then start cycling through all the possible words I could use it and often land on some pretty odd sentences. Referring to the 'past' as the 'back-timies' as a prime example or more commonly just saying the 'stuff' or 'things' because I'm afraid I'm about to choose the wrong word.