Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!erik From: erik@ssc-vax.UUCP (Erik Strom) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Dividing Line Message-ID: <499@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:58:55 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.499 Posted: Fri Mar 8 12:58:55 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 05:37:47 EST References: <731@decwrl.UUCP> <745@amdcad.UUCP> <627@mhuxt.UUCP>, <917@vax1.fluke.UUCP> <541@hou5g.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 52 > > 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 ) > > . > . > . > . > . > . > -- > 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. ************************************************************************* "He's handsome, he's intelligent, he's funny, he's cuddly, he's loving, but, he's also out, so leave your name and number at the tone..." ************************************************************************* From the lair of the Big E Erik !uw-beaver!ssc-vax!erik