These things wash back and forth depending on associations. Hanging out on feminist parts of the internet, I see a lot of ladies rolling their eyes at the term “females”—mostly based on the types of guys who seem to be using it.
Some say they find the term “othering”, because it’s a bit sterile and biological, but I think it’s a mistake to say it’s anything intrinsic in the word itself.
These things wash back and forth depending on associations. Hanging out on feminist parts of the internet, I see a lot of ladies rolling their eyes at the term “females”—mostly based on the types of guys who seem to be using it.
Some say they find the term “othering”, because it’s a bit sterile and biological, but I think it’s a mistake to say it’s anything intrinsic in the word itself.