Not A Girl, Not Yet A: When Did You Start Calling Ladies 'Women'?

The Word You Should Never Call A Woman

There's a bit in Tina Fey's book "Bossypants" when she describes going to a women's group session in preparation for writing "Mean Girls." In it, she says, the instructor asked all the women, "When did you first realize you were a woman?"

Tina, being Tina, says it's when she yelled "Suck my dick" at a dude who catcalled her from a passing car. Similarly, most of the women who participated say that they realized they were a woman around early puberty, usually as a result of men making passes at them.

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