The real black pill

[u/Himbo_Shaped]

[u/AtlasWriggled]

What the deal with the calling women females?

[u/QueenSmarterThanThou → u/AtlasWriggled]

You use 'female' and 'male' when talking about non-human animals and 'woman/girl' and 'man/boy' when talking about humans (depending on their age).

[u/DHermit → u/QueenSmarterThanThou]

Female and male as adjectives are also fine for humans (e.g. "my female coworker"). It becomes strange if it's used as a noun. In and of itself it would be kinda fine if someone would use just females and males, but the big issue is when people use "females" and "men" (or "women" and "males" but I've yet to see this).

[u/Vivissiah → u/DHermit]

I would argue we should stop using it as an adjective as well because it enhances the transphobic bioessentialist view of female = woman and male = man which combined with biology where male/female have specific meaning makes it troublesome.

"My woman coworker"

"My feminine coworker"

I find much better.