• 🦇SalviaDivination🦇@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Also does anyone find it odd how often society calls grown women girls while they stick to men when referring to men without a second thought? I still do it when I’m not paying attention.

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      2 months ago

      As a man, this has legit always bugged me. We use “girls” in contexts that we would NEVER use “boys” in, even when they’re the same age.

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      2 months ago

      Fun use of “boys” has been really popular for quite some time. Me and the boys. Boys will be boys.

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        2 months ago

        Those are specific phrases but yeah I getcha. And you could argue, like some other replies said, sometimes “boys” is used in casual ways, “girls” is used as an equivalent to “guys”, it can mean “gals” too. Fair points but I do believe people have some kind of aversion to “woman/women” and won’t ever use if in a fun context. it’s just an uptight sounding word for some reason.