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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Female as the adjectival form of woman is normal and ok. As a noun for a human it tells me you’re on one of a few varieties of bullshit

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you give an example of each?

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My teacher is female.

My teacher is a female.

The former is adjectival, the latter is an icky noun. That "a" is doing a lot of work lol.