woman: normal, factual, whatever girl: chill from other women, slightly annoyed if it’s from a man or used to make generalizations bc i’m an adult tyvm female: gross. immediately less comfortable unless it’s being used in its correct form as an adjective (ie “female runner”) lady: funny if said ironically. idk if said seriously

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I like woman the most. Typically I see female being used as derogatory for some reason. It’s also interesting as boy and girl are paired but calling a woman a girl and a man a boy have different vibes. Lady I’m used to older people calling me or much younger people

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female is horrible

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Yeah because they often reflect the persons views on women depending on context Like people who call women girls or females while calling men men are generally misogynistic

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Woman and lady are both nice (lady depending more on context). Girl can be slightly weird if not in a lighthearted way (could feel like if someone called a man a boy). And female is absolutely horrible, immediately feels like I’m being told something misogynistic, or like I’m being degraded to a medical term.

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“Lady” makes me feel like I’m being courted in a good way

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Woman: neutral Girl: a bit more informal, can be creepy/infantilizing in some contexts Female: unless we talking biology this is an immediate ick, sounds alienating like we’re another species Lady: I kinda like it, a lil fancy, as long as you don’t go into m’lady territory

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