From what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.
From what I googled, it’s especially bad when you pair “man” and “female” together, which makes sense to me.
No stupid questions time: This kind of lurks in the back of my mind and I sometimes find myself hesitating to use the term “female” to refer to female figures in any context. I don’t have to do that, right? Like, would “woman lawyer” be better than “female lawyer” in contexts where specifying gender might be relevant? I would conversely prefer the term “male lawyer” in the same context and “man lawyer” sounds just as odd to me as “woman lawyer”. “Lawyer who is a woman” is a little verbose, too. Am I overthinking this?
Yeah, that seems to align nicely with the instincts I outlined in my comment. No need to apologize. Thanks!