I usually just say something like, "I know. Koalas, am I right?" And then when they look at me like I'm insane I continue with, "Oh, I thought I was allowed to insert my own noun - like Mad Libs. Were you talking about something else?"

I had a discussion with a man online who repeatedly used the word female, so I asked him if he knew it was offensive to many. He said he did and that's why he used it. I further pressed him and he said he did not view women as human beings and thus deserved the "female" terminology used to describe animals. It was a…

LMAO...I'm at my desk dying laughing at this entire comment. So accurate, yet so funny.

The only people who call women "females" are misogynists, so you're totally right.

Whenever I hear somebody use female as a noun while referring to humans, it is an immediate sign to me that whatever is coming out of their mouth will be deeply rooted in misogyny. I have yet to be wrong.