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In contexts like construction or sports referring to an all male group as "girls" or "ladies" is derisive or, at the very least, sarcastic. It's interesting to

• belorn 6y ago
  Have you noticed a strange pattern when people talk. When someone refer to people they don't know they tend to default to their own gender, unless there is a cultural clue, in which they then default to that clue. I find it a interesting quirk of human behavior. It not very noticeable unless you listen for it, but once you do, it is a very noticeable during a conference with a high rate of speakers that do not share your own gender.
• hirundo 6y ago
  It implies that they particularly value predominantly masculine virtues in their work, like physical strength and aggression. Which is sometimes reasonable and sometimes not.