• dreadgoat@kbin.social
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    It can be dehumanizing since “female” could refer to any sexual creature, not necessarily a human being.

    So in the context of biology, female is appropriate. We may be talking about the properties of ovaries, the effects of high estrogen, the process of pregnancy and childbirth. We may be talking about human females, but potentially also just females in general.

    But in the context of people, female is inappropriate, and it is better to use terms that affirm the subject is human: woman; girl; lady. A woman is (usually) a female, but a female isn’t always a woman, isn’t always a human, and so by referring to women as “female” you subtly suggest that their humanity is absent or unimportant.

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      1 year ago

      Just checked the definitions and read some articles on the internet. Thanks I understand now.