Yes. I belong to NO one. For a man to use it to refer to a coworker smacks of women-as-property, and I'm just not tolerating that.The use of "my" grates much more than the use of "girl". Some people use "girl" all the time. I consider it a diminutive or casual term, fine for friends or in a very casual sense, but not really appropriate in a lot of settings.
Girl, gal, I don't care, until you put the word "my" in front of it.
Karen



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