That's the proper usage. Female is an adjective — this is about people using it as a noun.

I'll accept "Her Majesty."

Because the context in which the word is used is almost always demeaning. And, as another poster wrote above, if you replaced the word "female" with "bitch," it'll work just as well nearly every time.

I think we feel uncomfortable about the word "woman" because we're taught that our attractiveness withers and dies after the age of 22 when, like an apple falling from the tree, we sit on the grass withering and rotting until winter comes and destroys us completely.

Wow. Yep, that's exactly what it is.

Right.

"Watch as the female rolls her eyes at the errant fuckboy."

Yeah, there are definitely people who were just raised (or trained) to use that particular word who often don't mean to be demeaning.

"The thing about females is... they deserve to be able to walk home alone at night without fear."

The Fedoration of Males?

This is probably the only part of the argument I disagree with. The kind of guys who refer to women as females do tend to also refer to men as males, at least in my experience.

Totally agree with the idea that changing a noun to an adjective is about dehumanization. Plus every single person who says "female" is a dickbag without exception, which is helpful.

Of course they wouldn't. Men have the right to talk, women need to listen.

It's her fucking show, dick cheese.

Can we talk about the fact that a show featuring a panel of women with a male anchor is called Outnumbered? Because fuck that.

"I do that to my wife all the time and she loves it!"

WHY BUY PARACETAMOL WHEN YOU CAN PARA-SEE-ME-TONIGHT?

I wear widowhood as a badge of honor. I was there until death do us part. No one can take that away from me.

I think it was called Terminator 2.