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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Yet another new reader. Keywd: GIRLS
Message-ID: <152@unc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 14:15:28 EST
Article-I.D.: unc.152
Posted: Sun Mar  3 14:15:28 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 02:44:57 EST
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Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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In article  chabot@miles.DEC (L. S. Chabot) writes:
>Yes, "Keyword: GIRLS"  is correct.  Suggest you try looking for women to date,
>not girls.  Very few girls or boys attend college, however, men and women
>attend in droves.
>
>Yes, I'm serious.  It's a far healthier attitude to know you're looking for
>adult companionship and to refer it as such.
>
>If, however, you're a boy and really do only want a girl, then, well, times is
>hard: maybe you should try acting older than you are, thereby making yourself
>attractive to women.
>
>And "picking up girls", the activity, that is, is probably illegal in many
>states, unless you mean arriving at their parents' house and escorting their
>underage daughters with their parents permission.
>

The word "girl" has at least two meanings.  It can refer to any
prepubescent female.  Also, it is often used to describe any
adult female who is still young enough to be sexually attractive.

In the second context, the word "girl" is used to avoid the negative
connotations often associated with the word "woman" (one such negative
connotation is a middle-age spread--check out who shops the "women's
sizes" at Sears).

Feminists insist on restricting the word "girl" to the first meaning.
I recommend that we humor them when posting to this network,
to avoid unnecessary flames.

		Frank Silbermann
		University of North Carolina