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Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: When are you a man/woman/lady ?
Message-ID: <31568@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 14:26:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  8 14:26:06 1985
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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?"

Am I the only one who thinks there are two groups here carrying on
two *different* conversations together?

On the one hand we have the group who (rightfully) contend that to say
"C'mon guys and women, lets go have a beer" is absurd in the extreme.

On the other, is the group who (equally rightfully) insist that it is
rude, to say nothing of incorrect, to call a woman a girl, especially
if she is offended by it.

I suppose there are also (at least) two other factions who refuse to
admit that either of the two groups mentioned above or the other of
these two exists, much less has a valid point.

Aren't we beating a dead horse?
-- 
All opinions are mine alone...

Charlie Sorsby
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