People take even greater umbrage when they hear themselves labeled with a common noun. The reason is that a noun predicate appears to pigeonhole the with a stereotype of a category rather than referring to them as an individual who happens to possess a trait.

“It's natural to think that living things must be the handiwork of a designer. B…”

“A woman gets into a taxi in Boston's Logan airport and asks the driver, 'Can yo…”

“In this way of thinking, the fact that women show a lot of skin or that men cur…”

“Evolutionarily speaking, there is seldom any mystery in why we seek the goals w…”