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People need to realise that most people don’t obsessively scour the feeds for the latest vocab guidelines.
What we choose to say have meanings, even if it wasn't the intent.
Frankenstein's monster was male and specifically asked for a female bride, it's an integral part of the story. If Frankenstein's monster asked for a non-binary partner, that too would be an integral part of the story and I would have used non-binary instead of female.
The entire film is predicated on a female Frankenstein's monster and from what I now understand, lots of feminist themes.
If this were a parody of a Disney Princess movie and it was predicated on a male lead, I'd have to use the same language but you wouldn't flip out.
I understand what you're trying to get at, but I don't think this is a spot to make a stand on gender language norms and the word "female" being sexist. There are times when it is, but this isn't that time.