• samus12345@lemm.ee
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      7 days ago

      Yes, it is. It’s just offensive to refer to a person as such when it’s not in a scientific or formal context.

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        7 days ago

        A non-scientific, informal context was given. Show us the offense there.

        Singles communities, personals, classifieds, marketplaces offer abundant instances.

        This is straight-up misguided language policing. Again, what good is served by treating female like a toxic, dirty word?

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      7 days ago

      dictionary entry:

      female

      noun

        1. a female person : a woman or a girl
        2. an individual of the sex that is typically capable of bearing young or producing eggs
      1. a pistillate plant