So I guess that also means we older folk can't call any males under 30 "Boys?"
What about "Girly Girl?" Can't say that anymore either?
What if I was beaten in a Judo competition by a "Little Person?" Can't say "I got beaten by a midget" anymore?
Seriously though... saying girl to an adult woman is "Sexist" now?
Grow the fk up and maybe you won't be called a girl anymore.
Same applies to "boys" who think they're king sh*ts and know everything whom just got out of college.
In the context of the OP, he got beaten by an experienced judo champion and said
“I am not sure I can live that down - being beaten by a 19-year-old girl.”
That's more of a jab at himself than it is to her
From the above report:
Rahming told The Mail on Sunday that she "wasn't offended" by the exchange,....
Case closed..... oh but wait, it's not. Some Feminist Extremist Dou*he'baggery is afoot:
.... but it seems a lot of other women wouldn't have been quite so forgiving.
Lecturer in literature and public engagement and HuffPost UK Blogger B.J. Epstein does not think that women should be referred to as 'girls'.
"I really dislike the word girl! I think it’s appropriate to use it to refer to females up until, say, the age of 11 or 12, but not after that.
Fer fk sakes, so she gets to choose when it's appropriate? I know a lot of people who still consider toddlers as babies.... anybody under the age of 18 (and even up to age 23) I will refer to as a "Kid" or "Boy" or "Girl" depending on their attitude and the situation.
"I find it offensive when people refer to young women or adult females as “girls” because it diminishes who and what we are, and makes us seem young and unimportant," she said.
Huh? Being Young or Young Looking is a bad thing now?
Young people aren't important or can do important things?
Now who's being offensive??
Epstein also highlighted the different ways men and women are addressed:
"I would never refer to colleagues as “boys”, nor would I call grown men “boys”, and yet people, especially men, continually do this to me and to other women.
She's got the blinders on, that's for sure.
Hell, Justin Trudeau is 42 years old and yet many still call him a kid or a boy.
A few years back I was in a bar having some vodka and a girl started to talk to me, so we got into a conversation. She was in University studying psychology and apparently wanted to try her skills on me after a bit. She asked how old I was and at the time I was 23. She laughed and said "Oh jeez, you're still a kid."
I asked her how old she was and she was 26..... ffs, really? I'm the kid huh?
I'm a graphic designer in a photography studio with a paying full time job and she's the one still in school. I let it slide and kept mature, just continuing the conversation, but then she started to try the probing and brain tests. Me already being a little drunk, she must have thought that would have been an easy task.
She assumed I still wasn't doing my "Dream Job" or finally settled down, etc..... which I responded, "Being 23 years of age, let alone being in your 20's, that's a general statement that could apply to anybody including yourself."
Eventually I wished her well hoped she had a good night and continued on with my own night. Later on the dance floor I saw her slowly grooving her way towards me, realizing I wasn't your typical "Boy" trying to pick her up as she didn't phase me with her analysis.
.... But I was too drunk by that time and figured I'd grab the last bus home for the night.
Point being, even though this lady doesn't call other males "Boys" or "Kids" that doesn't automatically mean it doesn't happen.
"I don’t think we need to ban the usage of the word, as it is appropriate for some people in some situations. But I do think we need to encourage mindfulness about language in general, and the employment of this word specifically."
How about you grow up, grow a thicker skin and worry about more serious issues?
Talk about "1st World" problems....
