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I cringe every time I hear another guy refer to women like this

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[–] Tamkish@programming.dev 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I know it’s a really awkward phrasing, but “I had a boss, who was a woman…” sounded even more awkward to me than just “woman boss” 🤷‍♂️.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

I had a female boss.

Adjective is fine, using it as noun is icky