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I made the mistake of referring to two young female college professors as girls. One of the professors gave me a reaming I will never forget in front of a room full of people. She later apologized and told me that she was in the middle of a messy divorce and that she felt I was being condescending. Since then I have been very careful to refer to females as "women" and not "girls".

I guess the moral of the story is guys please do not send your woman into the world pissed off or society suffers. 😛
 
NinjaTech said:
I made the mistake of referring to two young female college professors as girls. One of the professors gave me a reaming I will never forget in front of a room full of people. She later apologized and told me that she was in the middle of a messy divorce and that she felt I was being condescending. Since then I have been very careful to refer to females as "women" and not "girls".

I guess the moral of the story is guys please do not send your woman into the world pissed off or society suffers. 😛
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hmm... where's this professor from? 😀
 
NinjaTech said:
I made the mistake of referring to two young female college professors as girls. One of the professors gave me a reaming I will never forget in front of a room full of people. She later apologized and told me that she was in the middle of a messy divorce and that she felt I was being condescending. Since then I have been very careful to refer to females as "women" and not "girls".

I guess the moral of the story is guys please do not send your woman into the world pissed off or society suffers. 😛
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That's bullshit. I'd bet anything you called her would have set her off, she just needed a reason, and you gave it to her.
 
BassBomb said:
they are chicks then we are cocks?
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Along those lines...I had a high school teacher who wanted to call all the girls in his class chicks. So my best friend and I told him we'd call him a capon if he insisted on calling us chicks. 🙂
 
I've never thought of "chick" as a derogatory term.
I suspect my wife would find it a little annoying, but I don't think she'd be offended.
 
dank69 said:
Any woman can be offended by any word in any language depending on the mood she is in when you say it.
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heh-heh...much of the time, you don't even have to say a single word to offend teh wimmenz...just a look will do it. 😛
 
meltdown75 said:
dang, i just searched the thread for a pic or name and found nothing.

*WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH* 😀
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404 Ugly not found
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preslove said:
Women mind if you call them girls.
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Not true in all situations, and, of course, delivery and an understanding of the situation is key.

You can softly address a group of elderly women as "you girls" in a way that would have them absolutely loving it, much as "mistaking" a mother and daughter as sisters can ingratiate you with the mom even if everyone involved knows it wasn't a true mistake.

Context is key.

Also, I've known somewhat harder edged "women" who called each other chicks and even preferred "dudes" to call them that.
 
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