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It's used interchangeably with "woman" https://apnews.com/article/katie-ledecky-ap-female-athelete-of-2022-c4afef0df8baca7c8ddf7eb0314de441 https://apnews.com/
by throwaway4aday 4y ago
It's used interchangeably with "woman"
https://apnews.com/article/katie-ledecky-ap-female-athelete-of-2022-c4afef0df8baca7c8ddf7eb0314de441 https://apnews.com/article/katie-ledecky-ap-female-athelete-...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2022/11/01/revealed-the-worlds-top-female-scientists-in-2022/?sh=7dd228634a71 https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2022/11/01/reveale...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/apr/06/10-inspiring-female-writers-you-need-to-read https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/apr/06/10-i...
- Kudos 4y agoThose are all adjectives. It is not used interchangeably as a noun.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoIf one is derogatory then the other should be as well. Try it out with some more universally accepted derogatory nouns to see my point. Thinking about it, when applied as an adjective most terms sound even worse.
- Kudos 4y agoI honestly can't think of any that aren't just repurposed adjectives rather than true nouns or vice versa.
- fsociety 4y agoAs an adjective you mean. Which is different.