What to call female humans 20 yrs old or over

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12 Nov 2012, 4:03 pm

Girls? Ladies? Women? Are any of the words demeaning or inappropriate ....?

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12 Nov 2012, 4:04 pm

People.

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12 Nov 2012, 4:11 pm

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

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12 Nov 2012, 4:12 pm

Frieslander wrote:

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

Depends on how mature they are and how they look. If they are youthful looking or behave young I call them girl.
After a certain age it's always lady or woman. But these days referring to women in their 20's as girl is probably the most normal thing.

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12 Nov 2012, 4:31 pm

I don't really consider myself a girl, or a lady, or a woman for that matter. I'm just me. I guess "female" would work. Or as Fnord suggests "people". I'm a female person.

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12 Nov 2012, 5:17 pm

Frieslander wrote:

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

Women are people, even if you don't think so.

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12 Nov 2012, 5:31 pm

If they are older than you, Ma'am.

As in "Yes Ma'am" or "No Ma'am".

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12 Nov 2012, 5:34 pm

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If they are older than you, Ma'am.

As in "Yes Ma'am" or "No Ma'am".

f**k that lol.

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12 Nov 2012, 5:35 pm

Frieslander wrote:

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

this statement doesn't make sense. What are you trying to articulate here?

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12 Nov 2012, 5:38 pm

wtfid2 wrote:

Frieslander wrote:

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

this statement doesn't make sense. What are you trying to articulate here?

Typos. I'll try it a totally different way. When thinking of a word, only consider females, not the males. I think everybody knows what I mean from the freaking subject header.

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12 Nov 2012, 6:16 pm

Female humans...that has a nice ring to it!

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12 Nov 2012, 6:20 pm

some people would not spell wom*n as woman, but womyn.

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12 Nov 2012, 6:49 pm

Frieslander wrote:

wtfid2 wrote:

Frieslander wrote:

Fnord wrote:

People.

Eliminate the male from people from the list.

this statement doesn't make sense. What are you trying to articulate here?

Typos. I'll try it a totally different way. When thinking of a word, only consider females, not the males. I think everybody knows what I mean from the freaking subject header.

oh ok gotchya. I knew what the header meant just not that post.

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12 Nov 2012, 7:05 pm

Woman- a generic term, appropriate in most circumstances, but there are some circumstances where it is better to use lady, which is more formal and polite
Lady- more formal and polite; more romantic, if you are using it in a romantic context
Girl- very informal, used only when referring to woman your age or younger. Many people refer to their close friends as "girls." Even my mother, who is 50, occasionally calls her 50-year-old friends "girl," but I would never call them girl because they are older than me.
If you are a man, you should probably not refer to a woman as a "girl," unless you are gay or she is young enough to be your granddaughter (even then you might want to be careful). If a man refers to a woman as a "girl," most people will assume that either (a) he is gay or (b) he is being rude and talking down to her.

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12 Nov 2012, 7:11 pm

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some people would not spell wom*n as woman, but womyn.

Interesting. Learn something new everyday.

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12 Nov 2012, 7:22 pm

what about 'gal'? I forgot about that one when I posted.

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