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Old 05-23-2005, 03:39 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by maleficent
One of the girls or one of the boys in a casual environment is completely different than in a corporate environment when being referred to as a girl... Sorry, that doesn't fly with me at all... Maybe it's my age, maybe it's because I've been working too long, but dammit, I have earned the title of woman, to me, it is disrespectful to be called a girl - I didn't earn the demotion.
I would agree with that. I'm never in any corporate environment, so I guess I do think of using the term girl as something done among friends. Obviously, I'd never go for being addressed as such in a work environment.
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