I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word “female”, is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?
I don’t know if this is the best place to ask, if it’s not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^
It’s as offensive as “black” is. If you call someone female that’s fine. If you call someone a female, you’re going to look like an incel.
It’s dehumanizing.
Like when the cops are on the lookout for a six foot white male, it’s okay because cops dehumanize their suspects as a matter of course.