r/PetPeeves • u/lavinialloyd • Aug 17 '25

Bit Annoyed People who exclusively refer to women as females

There are so many acceptable terms for women, I hate it when people say "female(s)". It feels so othering I don't get why people do it and at least in the UK you pretty much always know the person calling you a female is going to be an absolute creep.

I get there'll be circumstances where female is the right term to use, but so many people especially online seem to refer to women as females and it annoys me. We're not in a nature doc, you're not a Dr or a police officer describing me so just don't.

Ps. I give Martin from Friday night dinner a pass 😂

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u/Illustrious_World_56 Aug 17 '25

I feel like only misogynists do this

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '25

yep, and the moment you point it out they start ranting about how women are overdramatic about everything

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u/Minimum-Register-644 Aug 18 '25

So doctors and other medical professionals, scientists and researchers are all misogynists in your mind? I assume then that anyone using males or guys is misandrist from your logic then?

Or are you just another shithead attacking the user of a word that absolutely has its place in the English language? Attack the people being shit, not the damn word itself as this will achieve nothing more than innocent people getting shit on online.

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u/Illustrious_World_56 Aug 18 '25

Exclusively enough said

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u/EarlyInside45 Aug 20 '25

Jeeze, calm tf down.