BranwenRosewood
Well-Known Member
The word "female" when used instead of "woman" or "girl".
Yes, yes! This one burns me up. I can't focus on anything else that comes after that.
I hate when guys do that but I have to admit, I do it too.
I was having a conversation with a friend of a friend's who happened to be a man, he kept using the term female when making references to certain women but not all women. I asked what it was really all about and this was the response I got (summarised version), "There are some people who are too old to be called girl and not worthy enough to be called a woman, so I call them females". I guess he was mixing up personal attributes/characteristics/personalities with genetics
And this is why. There are some women that I just cannot refer to as women but they aren't little girls anymore. Female is also a good substitute when I'm annoyed at a woman and can't bring myself to call her by her name (I don't use profanity so my choices are very limited). I do have to admit that there is something about "female" that sounds disrespectful and just plain annoying but I'm not sure why.