Man or Boy? Woman or Girl?

[Gvac]

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, but it always strikes me as odd when I hear on the news "An 18 year old man was convicted of arson..." or "A 19 year old woman was found guilty..."etc.

I know 18 is the legally recognized age of adulthood, but to me the previous examples are just kids, not really "men" or "women."

What age to you think a boy actually becomes a man, or a girl is truly a woman? Do you consider yourself a boy or a man? A girl or a woman?

EDIT: For the record, I consider myself a "Mannish Boy."

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This message was edited by Gvac on 12-27-02 @ 9:18 AM

[silera]

I'd say it would be when he/she started doing adult things like paying rent and doing their own laundry.

I think I'm a man trapped in a woman's body.


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[The Chairman]

I'll take a stab at this.

I learned the ropes as an 18 year old college student who dated a woman from all-woman Wellesley College.

Politically correct or otherwise, it was and is considered condescending to females aged 18 or older to be referred to as a "girl." This, of course, only applies to women who give a shit about such things. But to be safe, all females age 18 or over should be referred to as "women." I interview high school seniors as the Chair of my college alumni admissions program. I always refer to the female high schoolers as "woman." In the age of Brittany Spears and Christine Aquilera, this sometimes gives them pause, but there's nothing as demeaning as being referred to as a "girl" by a man, despite what Cyndi Lauper might have us think.

To take political correctness to an extreme, there is a militant faction of women who call for gender neutrality in all writing. Such women refer to themselves in writing as "womyn", to get rid of the "men" part of "women." The etiology of the word woman is, or course, from the "womb", i.e womb+man=woman.

This, of course has nothing to do with maturity. I certainly feel that, in general, females (I guess I need to use the term "fems" to get rid of the "male" part) mature at a much earlier age than males.

I did not feel I started becoming a "man" until I turned about 33. Then again, I have seen many of my male friends mature awfully quickly when they have kids at an earlier age.

Certain militant lesbians not only refer to themselves as womyn, but refer to heterosexual womyn as "breeders." That's how Kim Deal came up with the name for her band after the Pixies broke up. She likes riding the pony, however, so she herself is a "breeder."

GVAC: extra chubby, Lane Bryant-sized props for your reference to "Mannish Boy."

A Man immediately thinks of Muddy Waters. A Mannish Boy might think of the Jimi Hendrix cover. A boy might not know the term or song. This may be as good a litmus test as any for determining Mannishness.

Yo da' man!

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This message was edited by Chairman_Kaga on 12-27-02 @ 10:21 AM

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I think youre a man if you can actually sit still long enough to read one of Chairman Kaga's posts.

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[TheMojoPin]

You hit 21, you're a "man" or "woman". Between 18 and 21, you're a "young adult". Anything below 18, and you're a "juvenile" or "child" or "kid".

And unless you have some crazy, weird seahorse-junk, you should ALWAYS be a boy, Gvac.

Freak. You disgust me.

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[Katylina]

I'd say it would be when he/she started doing adult things like paying rent
I am still a little girl then. I guess that's why I have no hair down there.

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[BrianTheBailBondsman]

i like to refer to them as girls

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[GaryWyze]

<font color=purple>A boy becomes a man at 18.

A girl becomes a woman when she's no longer hot.



This message was edited by GaryWyze on 12-27-02 @ 4:07 PM

[GaryWyze]

I think youre a man if you can actually sit still long enough to read one of Chairman Kaga's posts.


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[kc7586]

i don't know that's why i usually just stick with guy, and girl no matter the age

[tricia]

i'm still a girl.

[Contra]

with guys i call anyone under 25 a kid, even when they were older then me, i dont know why.

i call woman of all ages girls, also even if they are older then me.

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[irishkb]

I think I'm a man trapped in a woman's body.


well you are the sexiest man i have ever seen.

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[The Chairman]

I think youre a man if you can actually sit still long enough to read one of Chairman Kaga's posts.



The scary thing is it takes me about 30 seconds to write one that length. I think I'm getting manic...

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[tricia]

wait, i read it, i'm so confused now...

[Contra]

I think I'm a man trapped in a woman's body.


YOU SEE MORE PROOF! very soon she will give in to ger lesbian desires...

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This message was edited by tricia on 12-27-02 @ 9:39 PM

[Tenbatsuzen]

I know 18 is the legally recognized age of adulthood, but to me the previous examples are just kids, not really "men" or "women."


GVAC - it's pure AP Stylebook Guidelines, Journalism 101. Anyone over 18 is referred to as a man/woman.

Doesn't make an indication of maturity for a longshot, though. :)



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[Heather 8]

I think I'm a man trapped in a woman's body. <P>
Just the way Alkey likes it. *ba-boom-ching* <P>
I usually consider 18 to be the starting point for being a man or woman. I have to admit, though, that at 26, I'm the oldest (and most immature) girl I know. <P>

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[Aggie]

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I think youre a man if you can actually sit still long enough to read one of Chairman Kaga's posts.
That's what Ritalin is for, although, that might not even help.

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[Justice4all]

I am still a little girl then. I guess that's why I have no hair down there

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[The Chairman]

That's what Ritalin is for, although, that might not even help.

Usually it does, but only when I snort it.

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[silera]

{bob_dylan}How many words, must a man read, before he's considered a man?{/bob_dylan}

That's gonna lose a lot without being able to sing it.


I sang it.



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