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Is the term “female” offensive? (r/autism) (redd.it)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Amicchan@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] bluetoucan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Saying that this is keeping up with changing trends of what is politically correct language implies that there was a time when referring to women as "females" outside the context of a biology lesson didn't sound weird as hell. Have you got any sources for mass usage of the term in that way from the past?