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submitted 8 months ago by Trincapinones@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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 ^^

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[-] dandroid@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What about when specifying the gender of your friend? "My woman friend" sounds really weird to me. I usually say, "my female friend" because it sounds more natural, but I don't want to sound like an incel/misogynist.

For what it's worth, I say "my male friend" as well.

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Nonono, it’s always okay to use it as an adjective, so that’s fine!

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