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Being upset about a specific word seems pretty silly, but that is not to say I don't notice what word people choose to refer to me. Usually, people who say "girl" mean it in a friendly way as in "she's one of the girls" or when they refer to everyone as "boys" and "girls"... what should bother me about that? I think it's pretty easy to tell when somebody who says it believes that women are inherently inferior. The way they say "girl" opposite "man" and the tone of their voice often belie their condescension.
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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)
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