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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Girls, girls, girls
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Date: 13 Sep 90 14:53:24 GMT
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wilber%aludra.usc.edu@usc.EDU (John Wilber) writes:
>"Ladies" being used as a "weapon"?  Gimme a break.  I have always used
>the word as a term connotating respect (like "gentlemen").

If "lady" is used opposite the word "gentleman", then my only quarrel with it
is the implied social hierarchy, same as for the word "gentleman".  But this is
not always the case.  This probably differs regionally, but around here, just
to take an example, bathrooms are almost always labelled "ladies" and "men".

Once you start objecting to the word "lady", you'll notice it's everywhere, and
that it's rarely opposite "gentleman".

ajr