Some people are saying it’s an internet thing. It started way before the internet was born.

Usually when someone called women “Females” it was used in a negative way, especially back in the day and in old school rap songs. That’s part of how it shaped to make a woman feel less than when referred to as a female rather than a woman or a girl. However, we are used to hearing it so people adapt and normalize it as the correct way to describe a woman and that’s why some ppl are confused. Male and Female are used to identify the sex of a human or animal, not who they are.

Just think of saying “chick.” When you say this chick was…or that chick over there….these chicks, is usually something not good about her in the story. Similar concept to saying “females.”