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From: lato@ihlpm.UUCP (K. A. Lato)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Dividing Line
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 15:14:07 EST
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> > More on woman/girl.
> > Assuming (from previous article) the following:
> > Age:	0-18	16-35?	30+
> > title:	boy	guy	man
> > title:	girl	?	woman
> > 
> > Julia Harper
> 
> 	So, what is wrong with 'Young Lady'? I know that 'I' don't have any
> 	problem with the term. I generally think of most folk under 50 as
> 	being young, as they can be quite active and enjoy life just as much
> 	as, or more than, when they were 30. After that it is pretty much a 
> 	matter of attitude. Want to make a 40 yr old woman smile? Call her
> 	a young lady and watch.
> 	(I call ANY man who is younger than me a 'Young Man'. Unless they ACT
> 	 childish and then I call them a 'Kid'.)
> 

Young lady!  Yuck!  What is wrong with WOMAN?!?  
I cringe at "girl" or "young lady".  

How about calling women between 18 and 50 women and calling women
over 50 old ladies?  Does it sound dumb, arrogant, unnecessary?  
Darn right it is.
	
			Katherine Lato

These are not only my opinions, they are the opinions of anyone
I can get to agree with me. :-)