• @emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    454 months ago

    He has a female in his team?

    I know this is increasingly accepted, but ‘female’ is actually an adjective. You could say ‘has a female athlete’ or even just ‘has a lady’, but the current wording is a bit off.

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      • @HereIAm@lemmy.world
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        224 months ago

        Normally “female” is more used in clinical settings or about not-human animals. One reason it gives off incel energy is it reduces a person to what genitals they have.

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      • @emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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        24 months ago

        I know this is increasingly accepted, but …

        To be fair, in English most adjectives can also be used as nouns. I suppose I should have said that in this context, using it as an adjective is inappropriate.

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