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Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by lucideer on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:22AM (#35452881)
No, it always sounded weird. Its certainly not a word my grandparents nor parents would've used in casual conversation.

In the last few years there's been a hyperfocus on restricting genders that has caused a minority of native-English speakers to start overusing the word "female" with extra emphasis: which may be leading to learners to consider it a normal word to use casually, but historically it has mainly been applied in formal medical/scientific settings.

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Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by KineticLensman on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:53AM (#35453300)
> Its certainly not a word my grandparents nor parents would've used in casual conversation

I think this is accurate. In fact, my grandmother would have said 'ladies' or 'girls' ('gals') rather than 'women'.

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