Female should not be used as a noun to refer to women and I dislike it when it is used as a noun. There's not a contradiction. It should be used as an adjective, just like male is used as an adjective and not a noun when it refers to men. Once people started disagreeing with me? People were/are always disagreeing with me. [People who agree with me rarely feel the need to lend their voice to the argument] At no point did I change my stance, I've been very consistent. I never said 'oh, well, I dislike that word, and a few others too'. What few others?

You're getting flack for this? Oh yes, I see the hordes upon hordes of people giving you flack for being so very brave to enter the fray of O horror of horrors, how dare Vivien say that the word female should be used as an adjective (just like the word male) instead of a noun. It's both an issue of correct grammar and the dislike of female as a noun- it's very unpleasant to read or hear the use of female as a noun.

It's fascinating how some people discount others' feelings so automatically and sharply. It's not just that you're not willing to take them into consideration, but you have to go on a crusade to try to prove that my perspective and feelings are invalid. In regular life, if someone has different perspectives and feelings do you need to prove that they are wrong and only your outlook is correct?