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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree it is mildly sexist. Especially to refer to a group of people in a professional context who just happen to be women, but their gender is irrelevant to the task at hand. It serves to indicate that the speaker is very much seeing you as ladies, rather than simply as colleagues.

I would find this more understandable is a female social situation, like an email to a group of moms having a night out being addressed as ladies. Even then, not the word I would use, sounds very Mad Men era. [/quote]

So how would you refer to a group of professionals who all happen to be ladies or a group of professionals who all happen to be men, or a co-ed group. What are the terms that you consider to be non sexist? Do you say hello colleagues? I would find that odd in my workplace.

I don't agree that noticing that a group is women or men or coed is sexist. Same as a group of kids playing - yelling boys, get off the fence or girls get off the fence is just an accurate identifier. It is really you who is assigning a negative connotation to the world boy, girl, man, woman, lady, gentleman etc. I personally don't see those words as negative or sexist and therefore would not consider someone entering a room and using the terms ladies and gentlemen to be sexist or offensive in any way. [/quote]

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