As soon as I saw the words “Wells Fargo” , I stopped reading the article.
Ok “people with vaginas...time to put on your big vagina unmentionables”
PC Principal approves.
“Waaaah! He called us girls!! Waaaah!” - Grown women
The lady abbess no sooner heard this appalling cry, than she retreated to her own bedroom, double-locked the door, and fainted away comfortably. The boarders, and the teachers, and the servants, fell back upon the stairs, and upon each other; and never was such a screaming, and fainting, and struggling beheld. In the midst of the tumult, Mr. Pickwick emerged from his concealment, and presented himself amongst them.
‘Ladies—dear ladies,’ said Mr. Pickwick.
‘Oh. he says we’re dear,’ cried the oldest and ugliest teacher. ‘Oh, the wretch!’
‘Ladies,’ roared Mr. Pickwick, rendered desperate by the danger of his situation. ‘Hear me. I am no robber. I want the lady of the house.’
‘Oh, what a ferocious monster!’ screamed another teacher. ‘He wants Miss Tomkins.’
Guys, gals, girls, ladies.....dudes, men, boys......all words appropriate for talking to normal people. The question I always ask whenever reading about someone saying something that is supposedly ‘racists’, ‘sexist’ or ‘homophobic’ or....name your offense category...is “Is this person actually a ‘racist’ or did he just say something stupid?’ The answer is invariably “No!...he/she just said something stupid at that moment in time.” So, if the statement or joke or offense is truly ‘bad,’ the person who said it should be allowed to go on with his her life after an apology....no hard no foul. Most of the time, the statement doesn’t even need to be apologized for...in my opinion.
In regards to this banker....if he’s not a sexist but just uses these terms as part of who he is...then they should all talk about it and just let it go. He should not be fired. It’s how adults interact.....or used to interact.
Like DJT said to the pantywaist little girl megyn in the first debate: “Political correctness is KILLING us!”
You can machine gun your whole staff, and not get fired as fast as for saying “girls.”
“Strong women” my ass.
The girls were offended for being called girls. Probably ugly dolls.
Some of the girls self-identified as boys and were insulted?
I am guilty.
I use the word *GUYS*...all the time ...no matter what the gender.
E.g.: **Are you guys going to town later?**
Shoot me now.
Good grief! My friends and I call each other “girls” all the time. And we are all ladies of a certain age, or as Rush used to say about his Mom: “the blue hair and Bloody Mary bunch”.
I’m known among family and friends as often using the word “gals”.I guess it’s because my Dad used to use that word all the time.I’m sure my Dad never meant that word to be an insult and neither do I but it drives my sister crazy.I keep trying to convince her that I mean no disrespect and that in my dictionary “gals” is simply the female equivalent of “guys”...which nobody takes as an insult.
I refer to myself as a girl and I have grown kids, am a veteran and a lawyer. Of course, I am not a liberal feminist who hates men.
Well, he should have known that you’re only allowed to call a bunch of gay guys that.
There is a tv show named “Ridiculousness”. These girls should appear on this show to learn just how stupidly stupid they are.
I think too many people spend too much time thinking too many things are insulting. It’s a sign of deep insecurity...
There are a lot of offensive words men can use to refer to women. “Girls” isn’t one of them.
I’d be willing to bet that some of these complainants use that term to refer to themselves and/or their friends using the word “girl” and never think anything of it. I’m clearly a “mature” woman (not quite in the blue hair category but getting there) and I have someone use that word to refer to me from time to time. As in, “Girl, let me tell you...” I would be silly to take offense.
I used to have a tee shirt with the “big girl panties” phrase on it. It’s another thing that women commonly say to each other.
If a man said it to me and I felt he was being offensive? The answer would be “YOU put YOUR big boy briefs on and YOU deal with it!” Not “WAAAAH! I’m going to file a complaint! WAAAHHHHH!”
I don’t understand why some women are dragging out the fainting couches and smelling salts, again.
These girls lose in the long run. Sad.