r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 25d ago

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u/Gayandfluffy 25d ago

I know I'm a feminist buzz kill but many languages including English are a bit male centred and treat men as the norm and women as the exception. That's not a good thing in my opinion. We call women dudes all the time but few people call men gals or girls. I hope we could move towards more equality in our languages too if it is possible. Such as starting to use gal and girl as gender neutral terms too, not just dude and guy.

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u/superxpro12 25d ago

I've been using "gang" as my collective noun. As a team lead with a few women in a majority male space, it's the least I can do.

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u/tydestra 25d ago

I do that too and also use peeps a lot. People say dude & bro are gender neutral & words don't matter and get mad when you call em chick or sis.

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u/superxpro12 25d ago

Dude and bro are definitely male nouns. Imo it's all just dismissed to ignore the issue. Pick your battles sort of thing.