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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like no one is protecting this girl.[/quote] She’s 23. A woman. [/quote] She’s a young woman. There is nothing wrong with describing a young woman as a girl. [/quote] Yes, there is. It is inappropriate and condescending. Maybe not quite misogynistic, but heading down that path. [/quote] +1. Stop calling women girls. [/quote] From Meriam Webster: Definition of girl 1a: a female child from birth to adulthood b: DAUGHTER c: [b]a young woman[/b] [b]dsometimes offensive : a single or married woman of any age[/b][/quote] Yes, definitely offensive to many young women. It is a way of discounting them and treating them as children rather than as adults. Handy rule of thumb, if you would not refer to a young man as a boy, don’t refer to young women as girls. [/quote]
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