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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
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Subject: Re: women vs girls vs females vs young ladies vs you guys vs hey you vs ...
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 13:17:38 EST
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> Enough! Enough!
> 
> It really shouldn't matter what words I use, as long as they're not
> explicitly derogatory and I don't mean it in a derogatory sense (one
> should be able to tell from context). So lighten up, already!
> -- 
> andy beals
> bandy@{lll-crg,mit-mc}.arpa	{sun!lll-crg,ihnp4!mit-eddie}!bandy

These reactions sound a lot like what many southern whites would have
said about the practice of calling a black man ``boy''.

Until you have experienced being made a second-class citizen simply
for your sex, race, or whatever, you might find it hard to understand
how ``I didn't mean anything bad by it'' doesn't take out much of the
sting.

Listen up, folks--to some of us it *does* make a difference.  If you
want to chance being derogatory, fine.  We'll just use it as a litmus
test for your self-centeredness.

[I don't mean to pick on you specifically, Andy.  Yours was just one
of about half a dozen such postings I've seen so far.]

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall