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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, someone used a specific word to apply to a specific person, and you assume that they won't use another word at all?

Should I assume your whole generation won't use the world "person" if you choose to use the word "girl" to refer to someone?

I think there is a general trend towards using a gender neutral term, unless specifically talking about someone's gender.  So, I say "server" instead of "waitress", and "firefighter" instead of "fireman" even when I am pretty confident I knew that the server was female and the firefighter was male.  I might ask "where do you buy shoes for a toddler?" even though I know whether my specific toddler is a little boy or a little girl.   So, maybe it was just carrying this habit over to the pregnant person.  Or maybe since they are talking about a specific person, they are using the word that person prefers.  [/quote]

This is a totally sane and correct take.  Hope it won’t get buried.

Also, if someone is about to have a child, I think they probably should be called a woman or a person rather than “girl.”[/quote]

I actually like "pregnant person" because it recognizes that girls do, in fact, get pregnant (as the result of sexual assault).  And they are NOT women, because they are not adults.  And since I think women and girls are people, calling them people doesn't bother me. [/quote]

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