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From: erik@ssc-vax.UUCP (Erik Strom)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Dividing Line
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:58:55 EST
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> 
> I just had a brilliant idea!
> Maybe part of the problem in this newsgroup of boys calling girls 
> girls and women getting annoyed is because it really is boys 
> and women! As in, I seem to remember that the males in this newsgroup
> tend to be significantly younger than the females.

   Ahem, well.. it's rather tough to think of myself as a 30 year old 
   boy. 


> I think the dividing line for boy/man and girl/woman is 18-20
> -- it takes time to get used to the new word for yourself.
> I also think that at the same time men and women start referring
> to their male friends as men, they should also start referring to
> their female friends as women.
> 
> Actually, a large part of the problem is that young men are referred
> to as guys or fellows, and there is no equivalent vernacular for
> young women.
> 		
> (You know:	0-18	16-35?	30+
> 		boy,	guy,	man
> 		girl,	?	woman )
> 
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> -- 
> Julia Harper
> [ihnp4,ariel]!hou5g!jdh



   Once again, I have to put my two bits into this discussion. Is 
   'gal' really that objectionable? The dictionary I consulted does
   define it as slang for girl, but I don't recall ever being chided 
   or ridiculed or whatever, for using it. 




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