> "Hey guys,..." and someone expresses discomfort with the genderedness of the phrase
Is "guys" still gendered? I thought it was used to refer to any group of people, male or female, pretty much since the days of "Friends".
Is "guys" still gendered? I thought it was used to refer to any group of people, male or female, pretty much since the days of "Friends".
Guys is gendered if you think it is. I've lightly offended groups of women in the past - well after Friends started! - by referring to them as "guys".
Once is a miscommunication. To continue to call them guys even after they've said they don't like being called guys would be indistinguishable from intentionally causing offence, especially considering the ready availability of other words that serve the same linguistic purpose.
As a guy I feel like it's a "meh" issue, and most of the women I know agree and use the phrase themselves, but if it bugs someone it costs me zero to avoid it.