tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post8728506181576871859..comments2023-10-30T06:46:11.502-05:00Comments on noodleroux: Because there's a time and a place for everything.Becky Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08351322716749475996noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-4327243180956876142012-11-16T21:10:23.124-06:002012-11-16T21:10:23.124-06:00Eh, I think I'm alone in thinking it's not...Eh, I think I'm alone in thinking it's not a big deal. I wouldn't use that term at work, but it only has power if you let it have power. The world is made up of 2 genders (not counting the transgenders, then I guess 3) and it's girls/boys, women/men, tomato/tomatoe, we're all just one & the same... Bigger things to fret in this small world. Shake it off. Trixie Bang Banghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913792856690555654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-74303481751572998662012-11-16T20:42:26.214-06:002012-11-16T20:42:26.214-06:00not really over-reacting. but, having grown up in ...not really over-reacting. but, having grown up in the south, i know things are weird there? so, depends on the person saying it???<br />to one of my uncles, all women were 'sis', but, in fairness to him, all men were 'bubba'.<br />and, there was my co-worker from california...he was scrupulously polite to the secretary, but with the rest of us in the academic science research group, he used pretty coarse language. when i pointed this out to him one day, he was really embarrassed, but said it was because he knew there weren't many women in science research, so he wanted to treat us just like the male "guys" on the team.<br />he didn't mean to insult us, he thought it was a complement that he wasn't babying the female science end of the team.<br />i have still not figured out how to take that because he's also the one guy who took in, defended, got assistance for, got a lawyer for, got housing for, etc. , the custodian for our floor who was abused by her husband and lost her baby.<br />life is weird and confusing.<br />i do concur that some folks use "girls" as condescending. i've run into those kind of jerks. sometimes the guys don't know...but, i do think another woman ought to know the difference.Skubitwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007540986386440850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-1066563660629122232012-11-16T17:10:23.658-06:002012-11-16T17:10:23.658-06:00You are not over reacting at ALL. The term "g...You are not over reacting at ALL. The term "girls" in this particular email invites that you are all a close knit group, which is just not the case. Besides, it was totally unproffessional to attach that term to a company wide email. Jeez. 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/05914446869377983548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-12348477322203156132012-11-16T10:55:07.813-06:002012-11-16T10:55:07.813-06:00I have the same reaction. My "girls" ar...I have the same reaction. My "girls" are my closest friends. In a professional sphere that's an insulting, demeaning term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-21913315233195286412012-11-16T05:06:50.507-06:002012-11-16T05:06:50.507-06:00OH, I get this. My girls are my friends and family...OH, I get this. My girls are my friends and family.<br />Plus I work with the husband.<br />Now if you want to talk about se*ual harassment in the work place....I think we have set things back.<br />here it is encouraged and the only "girls" are the ones that ride with me.cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-51305194447253393582012-11-16T03:05:05.282-06:002012-11-16T03:05:05.282-06:00and thanks for visiting :) you have an amusing blo...and thanks for visiting :) you have an amusing blog hereGary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-15248622695018252262012-11-16T03:04:46.461-06:002012-11-16T03:04:46.461-06:00Not overly sensitive at all. For those of us baby...Not overly sensitive at all. For those of us baby boomers and gen x it became repellent as an expression, because it implies you are inconsequential. These days young women use it a lot, referring to themselves and their friends, perhaps because they prefer to seem young. In the 90s I liked how it was "riot grrrrls" which took it and made it pissed off. I s'pose I am sensitive to it as a man because my wife is so very intelligent and sweet and HATES it when adult women are called girls, and my azzhole father used it as an insult to me, like you may have seen in movies where a coach or Marine Corps sergeant is like "alright you girls, get moving!".Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-91871270036894836162012-11-15T22:17:13.478-06:002012-11-15T22:17:13.478-06:00You're not overreacting at all. That's sex...You're not overreacting at all. That's sexist and belittling.Average Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415336045074131698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7301586145140787353.post-48942633918351968392012-11-15T21:16:19.123-06:002012-11-15T21:16:19.123-06:00No, you are not. I am retired, but when i was wor...No, you are not. I am retired, but when i was working, and overheard someone use 'girls' I would remind them that we did not hire children and the correct term was "women". It drives me crazy!janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550494417488866070noreply@blogger.com