Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!paulh From: paulh@tektronix.UUCP (Paul Hoefling) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Yet another new reader. Keywd: GIRLS Message-ID: <5194@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 17:24:23 EST Article-I.D.: tektroni.5194 Posted: Tue Mar 12 17:24:23 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Mar-85 02:26:53 EST Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 53 >> In article chabot@miles.DEC (L. S. Chabot) writes: >> >Yes, "Keyword: GIRLS" is correct. Suggest you try looking for women... >> >not girls. Very few girls or boys attend college, however, men and women >> >attend in droves. >> >Yes, I'm serious. It's a far healthier attitude to know you're looking for >> >adult companionship and to refer it as such. Thank you, Ms. Chabot. You relieved me of having to say that. >> The word "girl" has at least two meanings. It can refer to any >> prepubescent female. Also, it is often used to describe any >> adult female who is still young enough to be sexually attractive. FLAME ON! YOUNG ENOUGH ?!?!!? What makes you think that age has anything whatever to do with attractiveness of *any* kind, let alone sexual ? Flame off >> In the second context, the word "girl" is used to avoid the negative >> connotations often associated with the word "woman" (one such negative >> connotation is a middle-age spread--check out who shops the "women's >> sizes" at Sears). This is *nothing* more than an advertising ploy, and I wouldn't count on it as any kind of reference. >> Feminists insist on restricting the word "girl" to the first meaning. >> I recommend that we humor them when posting to this network, >> to avoid unnecessary flames. Sarcasm on... Yes, by all means, humor us. Sarcasm off... >> Is "young lady" okay or is there a bad connotation there too? I would agree with that being used for a woman of a young enough age (where young enough is relative to your own age). >> One traditional viewpoint is that a girl becomes a woman >> when she has sex for the first time. Give me a break! That has to be one of the *most* sexist definitions I have yet to see. Have you given any thought to the concept of maturity being involved ? When a human female has reached a certain level of maturity, I believe it is proper to call her a WOMAN without regard for her age. -- Paul Hoefling (...!tektronix!paulh) Information Pack Rat