It's the disparity between use "males" vs "females". The latter is basically only used for women and animals, while the former is almost never used to refer to human men. I'll dig up some research for you done on massive corpora.
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And man/woman the same, they are simplifying and often oppressive labels that often disallow people to self-identify.
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I agree. I was realizing that while I was typing. I would use 'female' as 'sex of a woman'. Hence both cis woman and trans woman are female. I know that some (including transphobic) ppl use terms differently, but that was certainly not what I meant & hopefully also didn't imply.
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So if we are referring to sex are female/male are ok (ish)?
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I think so yes, if that fits with a person's sex (so, intersex etc aside). Just find it odd to refer to one another's sex in contexts where that seems irrelevant.
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I agree, I also find it very odd to attempt to identify a person's sex in an irrelevant context. My problem is that I also believe that referring to gender might be irrelevant in many context (think of a job application) Why is it needed to know the gender of the applicant?
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Sometimes it is needed, generally not. For example to address lack of diversity or to carry out jobs where it would otherwise be impossible (women's officer, working in a rape survivor's unit, etc).
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