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From: phil@amd70.UUCP
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Subject: re:girl vs woman
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Date: Wed, 14-Dec-83 21:20:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 14 21:20:05 1983
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I'd like to express my opinion too, though there is really nothing new
to be said it appears that some things need to be said more than once.

I would not call any female old enough to be out of high school a girl
any more than I would call a male of the same age a boy. (i.e. unless I
wanted to insult them or put them down.)

It is claimed that some women don't mind the word girl. Well, some do.
If the reader has watched "Roots", then remember the first thing they
did to Kunta Kintay (I hope I speled that right) was to call him what
they wanted instead of calling him what he wanted to be known by.

I believe in a very real sense calling a woman a girl is the same thing.
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Phil Ngai (408) 988-7777 {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd70!phil