How to write about scientists who are women

[daneel]

@Boundegar

it seems better to me than “women scientists,”

Didn’t we just have this discussion?

Using "woman" in place of "female"

I understand the backlash against using female as a noun when referring to women. It sounds dehumanizing and makes me cringe. For me, this is because the first time I heard it was on DS9 where Quark would occasionally sneer “females” in a highly derisive manner and since then, the types of people I’ve seen use it have also tended to be sexist assholes. However, there seems to be a minor trend for the last decade or so to use woman and women in place female - including as an adjective which to …