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From: farmerl@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (lisa ann farmer)
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Subject: Re: Terminology (was Re: On Womanhood......)
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Date: 3 Jun 91 02:55:38 GMT
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In article <1991May30.152447.12160@galois.mit.edu> uunet!mailrus!gatech!mit-eddie!math.mit.edu!boyiny@ncar.ucar.EDU (Bo-Yin Yang) writes:
>Is the phrase "young lady" unsuitable for describing a female between 17
>and 27? Aside from retorts like "what lady?" (from a "young lady" friend of
>mine) I have not yet gotten any complaints.
>
>B.Y.

The reason I don't use "lady" is  because for some people this word brings up
connotations of upper class white women.  It has something to do with the 
history of the word.  I had a discussion about this issue with some Asian-Amer.
friends of mine and I didn't see the problem with using the word lady but I 
realize that there can be a different perspective on it so I don't use "lady"
more out of respect for 'non-white' women than any conviction of my own.

Lisa
farmerl@handel.cs.colostate.edu

"If people want to make war they should make a colour war and paint each other's
cities up in the night in pinks and greens." Yoko Ono (_Louder than Words_)