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> We all knew what boys and girls where until yesterday. Something like 200 or less years ago boys were called girls until they went through puberty (or close
by s5300 5y ago
> We all knew what boys and girls where until yesterday.
Something like 200 or less years ago boys were called girls until they went through puberty (or close to puberty) - speaking of puritanical England that is. Not sure about the rest of the world/continents.
They also wore dresses, typically blue I believe.
As always, the people butthurt and complaining know literally nothing about what they speak.
- tablespoon 5y ago>> This is a deranged and nonsensical response. We all knew what boys and girls where until yesterday. Leave the kids alone. > Something like 200 or less years ago boys were called girls until they went through puberty (or close to puberty) - speaking of puritanical England that is. Not sure about the rest of the world/continents. The way you state that invites an anachronistic misunderstanding: it appears back then "girl" was a gender-neutral term for child: https://www.historyextra.com/period/great-misconception/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/great-misconception/ > Nor have boys always even been called boys. Until the late 15th century the word ‘girl’ simply means a child of either sex. Boys, where they had to be differentiated, were referred to as ‘knave girls’ and girls in the female sense were called ‘gay girls’. Equally a boy could be a ‘knave child’ and a girl a ‘maiden child’.