Outside of a clinical/scientific setting? It’s comes off a bit creepy. If a guy in a social setting refers to women as “females,” it seems derogatory- as if they were talking about look lesser animals.
In online forums like Lemmy or Reddit, if someone calls women “females,” I always picture that person as a Ferengi from Star Trek.
I wouldn’t have a problem with someone using males/females in a vacuum, but all too often I read men/females from incels and misogynists on the Internet, so now “females” feels derogatory by default.
Outside of a clinical/scientific setting? It’s comes off a bit creepy. If a guy in a social setting refers to women as “females,” it seems derogatory- as if they were talking about look lesser animals.
In online forums like Lemmy or Reddit, if someone calls women “females,” I always picture that person as a Ferengi from Star Trek.
Male/female toilets sound creepy to you?
It only really comes off as weird when they’re used as nouns. As adjectives they’re generally pretty unobjectionable.
The fact that it apparently doesn’t sound creepy to you is creepy. You priapic huuumahn.
You are an idiot.
https://www.thesignshed.co.uk/cdn/shop/products/male-toilets-sign-in-brushed-silver-462413_1080x.jpg?v=1680276125
Nah uh male huuumaaahn. You.
“Male/female toilets” is not the same thing as “males/females”
I wouldn’t have a problem with someone using males/females in a vacuum, but all too often I read men/females from incels and misogynists on the Internet, so now “females” feels derogatory by default.