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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."
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Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.[/quote]

It's always been weird to refer to women as "females", especially when people never refer to men as "males" or say something like "men and females" in a sentence. I remember people being irked by this in the 90s. [/quote]

But people do refer to men as males.  I think of myself as a female.  When the context is appropriate, my first thought is to say female.[/quote]

Male and female are adjectives. If you're referring to male and female human beings, we generally say "man" or "woman". (Or boy/girl if they're children).

And people do often refer to men as men and women as "females". It's done in certain communities deliberately to imply that the women they're referring to are not desirable. [/quote]

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