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Re:Speaking While Female by vacri on Monday January 12, 2015 @02:15PM (#8875796)
While yes, they were going for a poetic comparison to 'Driving whilst black', I'd prefer we use 'woman' as the noun and 'female' as the adjective. 'Woman driver' and 'woman CEO' are phrases we see that don't have the counterparts 'man driver' or 'man CEO', for example.
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Re:Speaking While Female by dragonwriter on Monday January 12, 2015 @02:20PM (#8875825)
> While yes, they were going for a poetic comparison to 'Driving whilst black', I'd prefer we use 'woman' as the noun and 'female' as the adjective.

It was using "female" as the adjective. If it was being used as a noun, it would have to be "Driving while a female".

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Re:Speaking While Female by vacri on Monday January 12, 2015 @02:24PM (#8875854)
Sorry, I meant to make that more as a broader point, not about that phrase specifically.
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