Why is it often acceptable to refer to a woman as a “girl” but calling a man a “boy” is often unacceptable?

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Why is it often acceptable to refer to a woman as a “girl” but calling a man a “boy” is often unacceptable?

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Living in a diverse big city, I didn’t mind it when people used my race to refer to me all that much. “That white dude”, one of “the white guys”, sure. But it pissed me off when somebody would refer to me as “white boy.” Mother fucker, I’m older than you, I got my shit together, and I’m out here calling treating everyone with respect. Don’t pretend like you’re not meaning anything by it, you can sort that out with your counselor.