What I mean is that the vast majority of people using that slang in modern times aren’t associating it in the way you’re implying. The words virtually have no meaning in those contexts other than, guys = general term for any person present / pussy = being a coward. I get the root of it being sexist, but changing decades of slang when it isn’t actually that insulting is how we annoyed everyone. Marc Maron’s Panicked special covers this topic pretty well, I feel.
There’s plenty of people that find masculine default language insulting. I don’t expect people to change how they talk in general; but I find it wild how many people absolutely lose their shit over “Oh, please don’t include me in ‘you guys’.” or “Please don’t use man/dude/bro on me.”
What I mean is that the vast majority of people using that slang in modern times aren’t associating it in the way you’re implying. The words virtually have no meaning in those contexts other than, guys = general term for any person present / pussy = being a coward. I get the root of it being sexist, but changing decades of slang when it isn’t actually that insulting is how we annoyed everyone. Marc Maron’s Panicked special covers this topic pretty well, I feel.
There’s plenty of people that find masculine default language insulting. I don’t expect people to change how they talk in general; but I find it wild how many people absolutely lose their shit over “Oh, please don’t include me in ‘you guys’.” or “Please don’t use man/dude/bro on me.”