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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't really see a problem with saying things like "my female friends" or "my female colleagues", when it's used as an adjective.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

No one claimed it is, when used as an adjective :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Adjective is fine! As a noun it's creepy and makes you sound like an incel

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

This, people just being weird about terms