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Mistakes of using gender word in English

Girl, Boy, Man, Woman, ،Intersex people

That’s it it shouldn’t be that confusing, right?

It is. I’m going to show you some simple gender words that if you use them in a wrong situation you may sound weird or even disrespectful so stay tuned:

Number 1

Guys

‫Ok let’s start with guys

‫A group of men can be called guys

‫A group of women can be called guys.

And even you can call a group of women and men, guy.

But you can’t call a group of men, girls.

I think you know why if you do that they will take that as an insult you’re kind of telling them that they’re not man enough.

‫Also you don’t use guys with older mature women because it’s almost insulting.

you can use it for older men but not women.

So if you want to call a group of older mature women, say ladies.

do not call them guys and you can call them girls too which makes them feel young It’s a good one.

Let’s see what the next word is.

Number 2

Girlfriend and boyfriend

Well when a girl says my girlfriend it means she’s talking about her female friend and there is no romantic relationship they’re just friends.

But when a guy says my girlfriend he’s talking about a girl who is more than a friend to him and there is a serious relationship going on.

If He wants to talk about his female friend just uses the word ‘my friend’ or to be more specific he can say my friend Hanna. Got it?

This is true for girls too.

Once people hear the word “boyfriend” from a guy they think he’s homosexual.

It’s okay for a girl to say my “girlfriend” while she’s straight though.

Number 3

Brother (bro)

It’s used to address your biological brother and we all know that.

But if you know someone (I’m talking about boys) if you know someone for a long time or you’re close with him you can use the word brother or bro.

You can’t go around and call any guy you see a brother.

I’m telling you this because we’ve seen this a lot in movies especially African American people use this a lot (hey was sup bro ?)

(Hey bro) you can’t do that.

Alright

I don’t want to go to be honest but I have to ok see you next time