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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoDepends on the context. “Hey Brian, were you making out with a dude last night!?” “Haha, no, that was Annie, she’s a chick, she just has short hair.” Dude(s) and Guy(s) can be gender neutral or male-only. Girl can mean a female child, or it can mean a woman, depending on the context.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoThat means it’s not gender neutral, it just means you use male as a default in most contexts.
Depends on the context.
“Hey Brian, were you making out with a dude last night!?”
“Haha, no, that was Annie, she’s a chick, she just has short hair.”
Dude(s) and Guy(s) can be gender neutral or male-only. Girl can mean a female child, or it can mean a woman, depending on the context.
That means it’s not gender neutral, it just means you use male as a default in most contexts.