I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word “female”, is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?

I don’t know if this is the best place to ask, if it’s not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    8 months ago

    And to go out of your way to avoid saying “woman” makes you sound like some kind of incel weirdo, and you don’t want that.

    I’d just like to emphasise this. It’s not that using a different term is intrinsically bad, it’s just that the people who tend to do it are not cool and you don’t want to look like you’re associated with them.

      • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        8 months ago

        It’s ridiculous that a perfectly fine word is seen as insult used by a certain type of people.

        That’s how association works

        I can have the best and most lasting solution to a problem ever, but my company still won’t allow me to put “THE FINAL SOLUTION” in marketing copy.

        And they shouldn’t.

        • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
          01·
          8 months ago

          So you say … The word describing a biological fact, and a national socialist euphemism for mass murdering millions of people are the same?

          • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            8 months ago

            So you say … The word describing a biological fact, and a national socialist euphemism for mass murdering millions of people are the same?

            Do you even hear yourself?

            Engage in good faith or sod off.