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Are you telling us that you’ve never heard a woman say to her group of female friends “Hey guys, wanna xyz?” It’s 2021. “Guys” has been gender neutral since ba
by moistly 6y ago
Are you telling us that you’ve never heard a woman say to her group of female friends “Hey guys, wanna xyz?”
It’s 2021. “Guys” has been gender neutral since basically forever and a day. It was so in my schools in the 70s/80s, and by my mother’s recollection, the same back in her school days.
And it pretty much has to be so: we lack a good alternative second person plural.
Note though that “guy” (singular) is gendered.
- random5634 6y agoActually - where I am guys is considered negative because it derives from male as the default gender / ie, patriarchal is the argument I've heard. But absolutely NO ONE considers it a perversion or focus on genitals except for a few folks. This line, why are you focusing on my genitals or why are you focusing on their genitals comes up repeatedly in this context so it has to be a commonly used argument in some more activist circles. That and focusing on "perversions" - which I find even weirder, most of the offenders are just normal people who didn't even realize "guys" was offensive or might be offensive to some. Some of the activists who start yelling about perversions and genitals seem a bit more off their rocker at times then the folks they are accusing. The only thing that caught my eye was the perversions / genitals thing, because I'd just been reading someone else who used this same argument in a similar context.
- moistly 6y agoYou should stop assuming that idiots stirring up shit over a non-gendered term that has been in use for well over sixty years have any sort of legitimate opinion. “Where I am guys is considered negative“ is puerile bullshit and you have been suckered. Quit lending them your support.