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Basically, i often call younger women (in the age range between 18-25 or thereabouts) "girls" but is it wrong to regard women who are above the age of 18 and younger than 30, girls? Whenever a friend points out a woman, he'll usually say "that girl over there is hot!" and she may be 25 years old or a little older maybe. I don't think it would sound right if a friend or i were to say "that woman over there is hot" because the description of a woman, to me, is a female of 30 years of age and older.
Your thoughts? Do you describe a young woman as a "girl" or a "woman"
Technically, once a girl reaches legal adulthood you can call her a woman. In a formal setting such as a lecture, I call younger people "young men and young women" as a way of emphasizing their inherent worth as people.
Once a woman reaches her late 20's or early 30's she's usually matured to the point that you'd naturally consider her to be a woman.
In informal settings and among close friends, almost anything goes.
Eighteen. That's what the law says and that's how the press refers to females age 18 or older. Calling a woman in her 20s a "girl" is sexist in its infantilizing.
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