I speak 4 languages to various degrees, and female/male is either dehumanizing or an overly biological term to use in a normal conversation in all of them, like

I speak 4 languages to various degrees, and female/male is either dehumanizing or an overly biological term to use in a normal conversation in all of them, like "oh let me pick your cortex about an idea". I assume that English speaking folks who don't notice this just got used to hearing 'female' and never paid much attention to the sensibilities around it.