Don't
call
women
"guys".
Don't
call
women
"females".
Don't
call
women
"girls".
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Replying to @o_guest
It's crazy how strongly learned some of these words are. I've been working to scrub the 1st and 3rd from my vocab (esp in prof context). I'm so glad y'all is "in" (esp living in Texas, since that's already what people use!)
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Replying to @elneurozorro
Yeah, I'm not perfect either. "Girls" is easy but not using "guys" is hard AF. "Bitch" I haven't used for a decade though.
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Replying to @o_guest
I'm pretty much in the same boat. FWIW, I think they're bad in that order guys < girls < bitch. Especially growing up in California "you guys" is used by everyone to refer to everyone. So it's gender specificity is mostly lost in practice.
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Replying to @elneurozorro
It's not though. So "how many guys have you slept with?"
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Replying to @o_guest @elneurozorro
When I say not using guys is hard I mean I still don't use it in the so-called gender neutral way (to describe groups of any gender) except once or twice a year. So my slip ups aren't that often. And when I slip it's with a guy usually which helps me not feel too guilty.
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Replying to @o_guest @elneurozorro
The others I just don't do. It's not hard. Calling women "girls" or "females" is really easy to avoid because I don't see them as children or animals.
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Replying to @o_guest
Once I had the realization about it, it was quite easy. I think a lot was leftover from my youth... when at least it made some sense!
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Replying to @elneurozorro @o_guest
I also love the word "peeps" for "people". My sister's been using that one before it was cool ;)
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