Should we stop using both, male and female, except when talking explicitly about sex?
I say yes. Outside of medical studies, there’s really no reason to refer to people as males and females. I didn’t talk about it for men/males because I don’t think I’ve ever seen people refer to men as “males” the way I see it on a regular basis for women.
When it comes to male/female as an adjective, we don’t really have a replacement yet although some people have started saying stuff like woman president or woman pilot. Like I would still say female doctor if I was referring to a trans woman who was a doctor, but I guess ideally we’d have a better word.
I say yes. Outside of medical studies, there’s really no reason to refer to people as males and females. I didn’t talk about it for men/males because I don’t think I’ve ever seen people refer to men as “males” the way I see it on a regular basis for women.
When it comes to male/female as an adjective, we don’t really have a replacement yet although some people have started saying stuff like woman president or woman pilot. Like I would still say female doctor if I was referring to a trans woman who was a doctor, but I guess ideally we’d have a better word.