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The word "female" should not be a negative. What a weird anti-intellectual direction this world is taking.
Might as well ban the word "cloud" next.
It's one of those things that didn't use to be negative but has been hijacked by shitty people and now has negative connotations depending on context.
It's not the use of the word "female" itself, but the use of the word as a noun to describe a woman, because it is taken to imply that the woman is a mere object. As the other person who replied to you said: context matters.
I use the word "female" (and "male") every single day when documenting on my patients, e.g. my notes commonly begin with "Patient is xx years old, female, [...]." This is normal and no one would take issue with it, because it is using "female" as an adjective and in a context where the information is important.