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Right; "female" and "male" bring to mind animals and base biology. "Woman" and "Man" distinctly separate us from the animal kingdom.

• cyorir 12y ago
  Hence why I tend to use "female" and "male." Mankind is not separate from the animal kingdom. Although I suppose male human and female human are the least ambiguous.
  • Thrymr 12y ago
    > I suppose male human and female human are the least ambiguous. And make you sound like an alien anthropologist, rather than, well, a human.
    • philwelch 12y ago
      "A human"? "Human" is an adjective. The term is "human being".