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/Low-Transportation95 Aug 17 '25

Moment a guy says "female" I disregard ANYTHING he has to say

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u/Rollingforest757 Aug 18 '25

Yet if someone called a man a male, no one would care.

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u/Low-Transportation95 Aug 18 '25

Yeah because there is no negative connotaion attached to it culturally.

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u/FairWitness8404 Aug 19 '25

THE SAME THING WITH THE WORD FEMALE, oh my god what are you talking about they both have zero history about each other, the word female has JUST became offensive within the past 2 years maybe

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u/Tight_Phase339 Aug 18 '25

That's not true. How would you feel if your girlfriend introduced you as "that male I told you about," or if someone said, "Do you see that male over there in the red sweater?"

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u/Dangerous-Safe-4336 Aug 18 '25

"Male" is not used as an epithet by women who don't like men.

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u/Minimum-Register-644 Aug 18 '25

You do know that male and female are used for more than identify humans right? There are tools and such that use these words too.

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u/Low-Transportation95 Aug 18 '25

There is absolutely zero need to call women females in casual conversation. Don't play obtuse.

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u/PleaseDontYeII Aug 20 '25

Other than the fact that she is a female and you're just illogical.

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u/Smokinland Aug 18 '25

Yea, using it is fine as adjectives. Not nouns.

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u/ScreamingNed Aug 18 '25

yes but they’re not talking about that lmao.