It's common in clinical and academic language. There's a certain kind of creep who uses them to describe social relationships, usually in a reactionary way. The

It's common in clinical and academic language. There's a certain kind of creep who uses them to describe social relationships, usually in a reactionary way. The clinical connotation coupled with the regressive opinions has turned it into a red flag of sorts for when someone's about to say something gross about humans. Depending on the context, one norm is more relevant than the other.