Interestingly enough, people tend to think that "guys" as referring to a group is gender-neutral: http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/27/guys-guys-guys/ http://jvns.ca/

Interestingly enough, people tend to think that "guys" as referring to a group is gender-neutral: http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/27/guys-guys-guys/ http://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/27/guys-guys-guys/. disclaimer: this is probably skewed by the particular cohort that Julia Evans was able to survey.