Re: Richard's FB post: What is with dudes using "the female" as a noun? I don't get it. I know it's grammatically accurate, but it's so clinical and makes me think that the person using it thinks that women are part of a separate species. I haven't read a post where women use "the male" in the same context, but maybe that's just the media I read? Who knows. I think I've seen the dark parts of the internet, but I haven't yet seen someone use "the male" in the same, somewhat otherizing way...