• nickiwest@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Assuming you really want to know …

    In the US (where Bill Gates lives), we don’t generally consider women to be women until they are of age. “Underage women” is an oxymoron. They are appropriately referred to children, girls, or teens.

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      Ah. Thanks; I was genuinely curious. So, people feel the term is overly PC and sanitizes the topic. I get it, I suppose.