Language evolves as we use it. I prefer woman over female (and man over male), for a few reasons, but the main one is that transphobic people tend to use “female” in an attempt to exclude trans women, “male” to exclude trans men, and both terms to exclude non-binary people and reduce us to our biology at birth rather than our identity. Plus incels and “alpha males” and toxic bros just make me cringe when I see women referred to as “females” at this point.