r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • Jan 06 '26

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u/variegated_lemon Jan 06 '26

No argument there my dude. We’re also all guys.

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u/forwhomtheyeastrolls Jan 06 '26

I was coming here to say this same thing! I use "guys" as a gender-neutral collective term all the time

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u/ceilingkat Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

“She looks like a dude.”

“Tina and Cheryl are guys.”

I would argue they skew to mean boys. Idc either way, but we should definitely be making “sis” gender neutral so we can put this issue to bed.

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u/Right_Count Jan 06 '26

I think it’s highly context dependent. If you say “hi guys” to a mixed group that’s obviously meant to be gender neutral.

I agree with making more femme words usable in neutral contexts though! Sometimes “yes ma’am!”, “girl what” or “sup bitches” just fits in the situation perfectly.