As someone else in the thread mentioned, it is depersonalizing. The word female is used mainly in medical, scientific, or legal contexts. It can sound awkward or jarring when used outside of that, even when technically correct. The word woman could be used instead. Did the person in the OP deserve a permanent ban for it? Probably not
It’s not dehumanizing people are just hung up on pronouns in 2023. Guess what, most people outside of reddit or lemmy that you would bump into on the streets don’t give a shit about someone saying “female”, like they don’t even care a little bit or think anything of it.
Edit: do you guys get mad at your doctor when he hands you a form that asks gender: male or female? Lol get mad over nothing. It hasn’t been a problematic word until recent lol. Woman, a noun. Female, an adjective. Get off the Internet and talk to some normal people.
Exactly this. People often use “female” because it’s a dehumanizing word.
How is it dehumanizing? Most humans are female.
Only slightly more than half, but you’re technically right
As someone else in the thread mentioned, it is depersonalizing. The word female is used mainly in medical, scientific, or legal contexts. It can sound awkward or jarring when used outside of that, even when technically correct. The word woman could be used instead. Did the person in the OP deserve a permanent ban for it? Probably not
It’s not dehumanizing people are just hung up on pronouns in 2023. Guess what, most people outside of reddit or lemmy that you would bump into on the streets don’t give a shit about someone saying “female”, like they don’t even care a little bit or think anything of it.
Edit: do you guys get mad at your doctor when he hands you a form that asks gender: male or female? Lol get mad over nothing. It hasn’t been a problematic word until recent lol. Woman, a noun. Female, an adjective. Get off the Internet and talk to some normal people.
I think for some it’s because they don’t want to say girl but they’re intimidated by women