Craig, RichardLear, Jordan2024-03-282024-03-282023-12http://hdl.handle.net/1920/13558https://doi.org/10.13021/MARS/2034The work done in this paper seeks to critically look at the usage of the word “female” as a replacement word for “woman” in a way that points out the inherent disrespect that is ingrained into the usage of that word. Utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis influenced by feminist theory, queer theory, and critical race theory frameworks, I hope to better understand how and why the word “female” has come to denote such disrespect while doing so in a more covert fashion than typical insults tend to do.masters thesesenCopyright 2023 Jordan LearFemaleFemale as disrespectMisogyny in using femaleFeminismDisrespect and misogynyPower in wordsThesis