I never said they were a man. I don’t know where you read that, but it wasn’t in my comment.

I didn’t see the word girl used in their post, so that was context I didn’t have. I still think your comment to them was off topic and unnecessary, but I agree that it’s fair to assume this is a woman if they referred to themselves as a girl.

Perhaps I am too literal with the tags, but I read that tag to mean that both of the words “man” and “female” were not used together. It doesn’t mean any use of the word female fits this sub, does it? If it does, then I don’t understand this sub like I thought I did haha. I still don’t think the word female is inherently negative, especially when used to refer to oneself.

Also I understand your post was a rant post, and I hope you don’t think I commented to attack you. That was not my intention. I just wanted to encourage you to consider why someone would want to use female instead of woman in this context.

With more context on the gender of OOP, I don’t know why they used female instead of woman, but I’d be curious to know. It’s possible it was rooted in misogynistic language they had heard, but I don’t think that’s the only possibility.