Magnus calls all women "girls" and I've been trying to tell him, without success so far, that grown-up girls like to be called "women". He doesn't do that with men so it sort of ticks me off.

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AMEN!!!!!!

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Ew.

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If the competitors are 20 or younger *and* the commentators are 45 or older, "girls" probably wouldn't bother me. But situations other than that, yeah. Get a clue, people.

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Yeah. The Olympic-competitive triathletes are in their late 20s or early 30s. When they call the 15, 16, 17-year old gymnasts "girls," that doesn't bother me so much, because, well, they ARE girls. But a 34-year old woman?

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Yeah, not so much.

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But even 14 year old ice skaters get to be called "ladies".

In ballet no matter your age you are always called "girls" and the best I can tell it's a method of control- the ballet master is sir or madam, and the dancers are "girls and boys".

I think women works best for anyone over 18. (Someone once said they were offended for the skaters that the announcer kept calling them ladies instead of women- but that's the name of the division)

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I prefer to call anyone who can tumble like that, and probably beat me to a pulp if they wanted, a woman. But yeah, since so many of them are in high school or college aged, they tend to refer to themselves as girls, so what do I know?

- your local LJ gymnastics guru

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Your point is well taken. I think it's at least within the realm of reason to call a person who hasn't reached the age of majority a "girl," but "woman" is certainly never wrong.

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Only if the announcer calls male athletes of the same age "boys".

Yeah, that's what I thought. *pteh*

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*falls over giggling*

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