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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI voted for the GIRL! Not the RAPIST!
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mucifer
(25,670 posts)Sorry, a pet peeve of mine . I don't think you would call President Biden a boy. But, I could be wrong.
Joinfortmill
(21,188 posts)TwilightZone
(28,836 posts)Girl and boy are comparable terms, not girl and dude.
Harris is a woman, Joe is a man. Dude is fine because it's roughly on the same level as man, and isn't a diminutive term.
You wouldn't call Obama a boy, correct? Then, don't refer to Harris as a girl.
Joinfortmill
(21,188 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,188 posts)wnylib
(26,040 posts)Back in my mid 30s, I was taking a college course. On the first or second day of class, before anyone had settled into their own preferred seating, I sat at one of the few empty seats left when I entered the room.
A guy about 20 years old ORDERED me, very rudely and authoritatively, to move because he wanted someone else to sit there. There was nothing at the desk indicating that it was being saved for anyone. If he had asked, I might have cooperated. But I had divorced an arrogant, abusive man and bristled at that kind of attitude toward women. I did not budge.
I was 5'1" tall, small frame. He was around 5'11" tall, medium frame. He said, "If you weren't a girl, I'd punch you out." I said, "I haven't been a girl for more than a decade, so take your best shot."
The professor, a woman, had just entered the room and overheard the exchange. She smiled at me and gave me a discrete thumbs up as she passed by my desk.
Joinfortmill
(21,188 posts)wnylib
(26,040 posts)they want to be addressed. I stand by being a woman.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Joinfortmill
(21,188 posts)GreenWave
(12,643 posts)bdamomma
(69,532 posts)keeping calm-ala!!!!