Females?

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I was reading a post on facebook where people were arguing and one girl said "referring to women as females is incredibly insulting" but i dont see it..so can someone give me insight on why that would be offensive?

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It's because "female" as a noun should only be used to refer to non-human animals. The word for female human beings is "woman/women".

So "female yoga instructor" is fine (just as "male yoga instructor" is) because it's being used as an adjective. 

When someone uses the word "females" instead of women, it's kind of dehumanizing. (And if you pay attention, it's almost always used in dehumanizing contexts )

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It depends on how it is used I guess? If you look at the Donald Trump thread people call liberals "liberals" as an insult, and they mean it to be condescending.

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I dated a guy once (not for very long mind you) and he constantly referred to women as "females" and would often call me "female" directly. I know I am a female but it made me feel less like a human and I can't explain why, sorry 🤷‍♀️

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It depends on how it is used. If someone is stating a scientific fact, using "females" is fine and appropriate. In other instances, it can be an attempt to dehumanize women.

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The word female isn't offensive, but it's usually the things people say along with it. It's all about context. 9/10 times, the person will say something like "all females ever do is complain. They have equal rights but they want to be better than men." Or I've heard things come out of men's mouths like "I used to be able to talk to my friends at work, before we hired all these females who run and report everything I say".
On a side note, it's grammatically weird. Female is an adjective. That's why it's okay to say "female dog. Female human. Female firefighter. Sally was assigned female at birth". But people use it as a noun when what they mean is woman/girl.

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Completely depends on the context of how it is being used. Most men I have found will attempt to use it to degrade you in some way.

When the word is used to degrade a person that is when it becomes offensive.

I have had it happen a few times and it pissed me off more then anything.

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I don't see anything wrong with it, we are all literally females 🤷🏼‍♀️

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It's context. 
Females is not a demeaning word on its own.

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I don't see the problem I use it as reference to the gender and all ages as not every female is a "woman" but a girl and vice versa.

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Because it hurts my ears 🤕

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