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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: re: women, men, boys, & girls
Message-ID: <419@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Dec-83 11:00:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 15 11:00:52 1983
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Clearly, the term "girl" when referring to a woman IS
offensive.  A girl is a young, but more importantly,
POWERLESS woman.  To call a woman "girl" is to say
"you are powerless, as you ought to be."  & analogously
for calling a Black man "boy".  It sure is gentlemanly of
some big, brave, macho studs on the net not to mind being
called "boy".  But then men don't have to mind--
we have all the power in this society.   Men who want
to work toward a more egalitarian society will have to stop
hiding behind their dictionaries.  And that's the truth, Jack.
-- 
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