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 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 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.
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.
“Male/female toilets” is not the same thing as “males/females”
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.