This guy writes himself into the conclusion that calling a group of women “guys” is gender neutral. Oh, and a dash of racism for good measure

abby_ch238 · 2021-03-28T18:10:33+00:00

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inventivesquid · 2021-03-28T21:02:28+00:00

The South gave us the gender neutral “y’all” and is what I use

lillylilacladybug · 2021-03-28T14:56:18+00:00

I don’t use guys when referring to a group of women and I haven’t in years. I see it as a respect thing.

Also totally unrelated I apologize but I have a question- I’m struggling to post something- I see it in my profile but it doesn’t show up under the sub. Am I doing something wrong?

Virgomermaid94 · 2021-03-28T21:35:14+00:00

I always start work meetings off as “ok team,” but we were also bartenders so maybe too casual for some work places? But we are a team I never put much thought into this

dkwantsdk · 2021-03-29T02:15:11+00:00

The problem with male-default terms such as “chairman,” “congressman,” and “mankind.” Kleinman saw them together as “another indicator—and, more importantly, a reinforcer—of a system in which ‘man’ in the abstract and men in the flesh are privileged over women.”

I love how this is said. Don't reinforce patriarchal systems.

Sonofabiscochito · 2021-03-28T20:18:51+00:00

This is interestingly something I’m not bothered by and use often... I’ve never felt excluded or like I was excluding others. It always did feel like the English equivalent of ‘ustedes’. It’s something I’ll consider in the future, but I personally never associated it with gender either. I’d never refer to a group as “men”, “gentlemen”, or “boys” though because they are different in my mind.

OrangeyPanda · 2021-03-29T01:29:05+00:00

"So how many guys have you slept with John?"

elementalvirago · 2021-03-28T15:08:24+00:00

I'm trying desperately to stop doing this. I don't even wanna say "ladies" because that's assuming they identify as such.

And masks make it difficult to discern sex/gender with some people. I have a part time job where I sometimes have to greet people, and 98% of our clientele is female. I recently referred to a couple as "ladies" and the gal was like "that's a guy" (referring to her friend). I felt so bad.

I'm trying now to force myself to say "folks" or something similar.

Title	This guy writes himself into the conclusion that calling a group of women “guys” is gender neutral. Oh, and a dash of racism for good measure
Author	myeggsarebig
Upvotes	69
Comments	39
Date	March 28, 2021 2:50 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/FemaleDatingStrategy
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