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I am not a native English speaker and I have sometimes referred to people as male and female (as that is what I have been taught) but I have received some backlash in some cases, especially for the word "female", is there some negative thought in the word which I am unaware of?

I don't know if this is the best place to ask, if it's not appropriate I have no problem to delete it ^^

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[-] Holyginz@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago
[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 8 months ago

Considering I read the initial statement to my mom (60) and she said wtf?

Y'all just assume. Hope ya don't go through life with that kind of outlook you will never make friends

[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

"My mom said it's OK" is just telling on yourself, my dude.

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