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From: dyer@vaxuum.DEC (People 'R' People)
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Subject: Re: When are you a man/woman/lady ?
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 09:26:25 EDT
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Re: When are you a man/woman/lady ?_______________________________

> The word "lady" is used in modern speech by those who are afraid
> of the word "woman."

	Truer words have seldom been spoken!
	The absence of a proper corollary to "guy" is irrelevant.
If forced to choose between "man" and "boy" to describe a male
person of, let's say, 19 years of age, few people would "insult"
(for that is indeed how it would be taken) him by selecting "boy."
Why, then, is there such reluctance to grant a female person of
the same age the same courtesy and call her a "woman?"
		<_Jym_>
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