"Guys" is mostly male oriented, but wouldn't be unheard of for a mixed gender group, and similarly "Lads" here is often gender neutral despite it being the most male of working class male stereotypes in the country that is our nearest neighbour.
"Guys" is mostly male oriented, but wouldn't be unheard of for a mixed gender group, and similarly "Lads" here is often gender neutral despite it being the most male of working class male stereotypes in the country that is our nearest neighbour.
Years ago I had an American friend tell me “guys” was sexist. I’ve been thinking about it for years since her comment. I think in an Australian context she’s wrong. And I think we move in the direction of gender equality by making words less gendered. Not by inserting gender bias where there was none.
You make “landlord” a gendered term by policing it as such. What a waste of a good word.
"Ok guys, lets go to lunch" is probably gender neutral.
"Guys line up on the right, gals on the left" is not.
"Do you sleep with guys?" is not gender neutral.
I wish the Americans can keep their weird culture war within their own borders.
How odd.
Did you ask why they are so sensitive? Most of us elsewhere on the planet would laugh at such a ridiculously petty statement.
This is a lazy argument
If the starting position was "America's diversity concerns are not [e.g.] Ireland's concerns" I'm more sympathetic! In fact I think having software that tries to do this is fundamentally broken! But the starting position is always "we don't have any problems here" which is an even lazier, and wrong, argument.
Nowhere did I say that Ireland has no issues with inclusivity.