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From: nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Girls
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Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 14:21:18 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 10 14:21:18 1983
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I believe in the ERA.  I believe that women should have equal rights AND
responsibilities.  I believe that there should be genderless pronouns.
But I cannot see how any reasonable person could object to the term
girl.  I would not be offended if I were called a boy.  To me, the term
"girl" means "youthful human female".  I would much rather have as a
friend someone youthful (at least in spirit) than someone who is so
self-conscious about their own maturity that they feel insulted if it is
implied that they have youthful properties.  I guess I like "girls"
better than "women" and "boys" better than "men".

				-Doug Alan
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