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Does it matter that women get misgendered

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mariamin · 20/03/2015 11:50

Women get misgendered by being called guys all the time.

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ErrolTheDragon · 20/03/2015 12:04

I work for an American company, the use of 'guys' as a gender-neutral collective noun is commonplace there. I use it that way myself sometimes.

Looking in an american dictionary one of the definitions is ' person —used in plural to refer to the members of a group regardless of sex '

So I tend to think this is one of those words that's in the process of evolving away from being a gendered term, and on balance I think that's a good thing.

BeyondDoesBootcamp · 20/03/2015 12:03

Ah, very good point. I use 'guys' a lot, this had never occured to me!

ChoochiWhoo · 20/03/2015 11:58

All the time? ...it depends on the individual i suppose

YonicScrewdriver · 20/03/2015 11:57

Well, as I previously posted, I try to use folks and I think that is better!