Females in the community.

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 17 March 2016 at 17:42:43 UTC, John Colvin wrote:

> P.S. what's with calling women "females", is it an americanism? 
> It sounds super weird to a British ear, we'd normally only say 
> "female" in a technical setting or about an animal, so it can 
> sound a bit disrespectful.

As an American, it seems more natural to me to use 'female' and 
'male' as adjectives, as we're bombarded with that usage from 
birth. It's not a conscious decision, but 'woman programmer' just 
makes me cringe (even if you view it as a compound noun). To me, 
*that* sounds insulting, though I would be be hard pressed to 
explain why. When it comes to non-compound nouns, 'man' and 
'woman' are the 'correct' choice. 'Male' and 'female' as nouns 
are what you would expect to see in a research paper or text book.

Then again, America's large enough that there may also be a 
regional aspect to it, though I don't believe that's the case.