Im not female, but I wanted to post my feelings anyway : p
Im sorta weird about gendered terms for various reasons. I generally dont like being called "man", just because of the image it has with it. Like I think most people imagine this when they think of the word "man"-
When I feel much more closer to something like this-
(it was hard to find a good picture to describe what Im trying to say btw)
I mean yeah theyre both male or course, but Im talking about the image associated with the word, and the social expectations and junk.
Of course Im not like all hurt and destroyed from the word or anything : p I choose to avoid the word just because Im not a big fan of it, but I dont force that on others or anything : p People do call me that, and I might make an odd face in reaction but I dont shame them over it or whatever : p
Ill often use the words male and female just because Im not a fan of those things I mentioned above^ : p
But anywho, I work with the public, and for the most part I actually just avoid gendered terms, like ma'am or sir or whatever. Like when I ask a customer for help, instead of saying "can I help you sir/ma'am?", I just say "can I help you?". I dont really feel that expressing ones gender is all that important : p Again, Im not fighting biology or anything like that, I just dont feel like its an important thing to worry about outside of responsibility and doing whats right. So far, no one has seemed to have noticed or cared : p