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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/9/2006 7:08:05 AM | | Yes it is wrong to be offended. It sounds like you're ashamed of being a woman which is absurd. "You" have attached a negative feeling to something that you are. "Fetching him a beer" is not a woman - maybe a dog or maid - but not a woman. Now, if he calls you broad, biatch, etc. - then you become offended. I am a WOMAN and PROUD to be called one. | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/9/2006 9:58:52 AM | That was so funny terminallycute!!! HAHAHA!!!! But, seriously, I have to agree with the majority. There is nothing derogatory about being called a woman. I don't like the term "old lady", that one offends me. I am not that old LOL. Although I found the question silly, the replies were amusing. Thanks for the smile.  | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/11/2006 5:38:39 AM | | I agree with msg 31. I take more offence to the term "lady". Well... not offence, exactly... I just think "lady" somehow denotes "weakness", whereas "woman" denotes "strength". Also, when a guy calls a woman "lady", I always get this picture in my head of some tacky 70's disco guy, with the gold chains and the chest hair sticking out of his barely-done-up shirt... I have no idea why... | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/11/2006 7:51:02 PM | Not sure "wrong" is the best word, but it is a waste of time to be offended by anything, except possibly a direct threat on your life; I find that offensive, as in people who tell me how I must think or they will kill me.
How free are you if you can be led around by words. You have no control over how others think; but you have absolute control over how you think; so immunize yourself to others opinions and life will be a lot more fun.
Speaking of which, would you have a beer handy? Sweetie? | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/11/2006 8:32:52 PM | I think the entire premise of this issue is rediculous.
I knew a female gender
of the sub species sapein sapien,
of the species sapien,
of the genus Homo,
of the family Hominidae,
of the order primates,
of the class mammalia,
of the phylum chordata,
of the Kingdom animalia,
who was annoyed that I referred to her as a simple hominiod.
What a joke we are, do we have anything else to complain about?
If we are insulted by linguistics, are we not delving way too far into
speech patterns and the like ruining our happy lives?
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/11/2006 8:59:00 PM | I do not call gentlemen by the name of Boy, MAN, Guy or Dawg Hummmmmmm!!
Words to live by, No doubt
Read this in a certain someone's profile, all could be replaced with GENTLEMAN
This GUY may only exsist in my heart
Right GUY comes along
The right GUY would be one of a kind
I don't know if I will ever find the right MAN for me
Now I'm all offended 
Just kidding see how silly the question is  | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 4/17/2006 5:21:32 AM | no....its not offending to be called a women....
but it sure is offending when you call a man a gentleman....when he doesn't even know what a real one is!!!
Sorry, Im on a hate lying men mode...I think I will just go to bed..lol | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 10/2/2007 11:53:31 PM |
So someone saying "Lady, fetch me a beer" would be ok?? No, they have to say, very politely, "Hey Lady, GET me a BEER, NOW."
.. and the gentleman must respectfully stand up as he is bellowing this, diplomatically, of course.
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OP:
I agree with you, actually. I never liked the way 'woman' was tossed around as if it meant nothing more significant than 'dust' or 'coffee table' .. I also prefer to be addressed by the term 'lady', and my vision of this is influenced by my mother and grandmother, who both exemplified the manners, courtesy and grace I was brought up to believe in.
I like gentlemen who treat me like a lady. It may sound antique but I appreciate it.
I don't even like my surname preceded by 'Ms'.
It's 'Miss'; I'm not married, and besides 'Ms' sounds like a bee with a hairlip.
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 10/3/2007 11:14:28 AM |
Speaks when not spoken to? Okay, THIS is where I have to draw a line.
I don't equate having ladylike grace with being 'seen and not heard'.
Sounds like you aren't really interested in the lady as a person, but as a china doll to merely enhance your surroundings, because (and correct me if I misunderstand) you seem to imply that men should call the shots, and that a 'lady' must suppress her own voice & opinions until she's given 'permission' to speak.
BUNK.
To be a lady means to exercise good manners, yes, and sometimes it looks a bit clumsy to drink out of a bottle ~
.. but what's this about using paper instead of water? Where the heck did that come from, and to whom would it MATTER??
.. and for the record, when I laugh among a crowd, everybody can hear me. I'm not embarrassed to be seen or heard having fun. | |
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| Is it wrong for a Lady to be offended when called WOMAN?
Posted: 10/3/2007 3:39:59 PM | | Actually, Girlie, you are not a Lady...unless you are living in a land of Monarchy, and are a Royal, or at least a Noble. Lady is a term of social class...which you lack. Woman/man has to do with gender, and is anatomically/biologically/scientifically/ semantically/grammatically/etc, CORRECT! The fact that YOU put erroneous connotations on such correct terminology makes you emotionally immature, and-as such-a GIRL. You are very wrong, and will spend a life alone...until you grow the F up. I am a man, and do fetch diet sodas for my women on occasion...and do not feel demeaned by it. It is an act of love/consideration. In a practical sense, you are what YOU make yourself to be...not what someone else CALLS you. If I call you a lesbian, when you are not one, does my calling you a lesbian make you one? You may be a lonefish...but you are no star. | |
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