Samantha Bond

When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.

English Actress

Some may find 'nubile' old-fashioned or sexist. Use carefully to avoid offending.

Cultural Sensitivity

Do not use 'nubile' to reduce a person solely to physical attributes or marriageability.

Avoid Stereotyping

'Nubile' can sound objectifying. Prefer modern terms like 'young woman' in formal contexts.

Use with Caution

Use 'nubile' in biology to describe organisms ready to reproduce, especially in academic writing.

Scientific Context

In biological terms, 'nubile' is neutral and fact-based, without personal connotations.

Neutral Tone

 and what he said was that one of us had large round voluptuous breasts and clearly this was a married woman with many children and absolutely taboo but the other had small nubile upright

Nubile

Cultural Sensitivity

Avoid Stereotyping

Use with Caution

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