Should We All Now Cease To Use The 'g' Word, Because It Is Deemed Sexist And Could Cause Offence, According To The Bbc?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10854915/BBC-in-censorship-row-after-the-word-girl-is-cut-from-documentary.html

/// A BBC spokeswoman said the unedited version of the documentary was broadcast soon after being filmed because the baton's tour was treated as a news event. ///

/// She added: “They had more time to edit it the second time. Mark didn't mean to cause offence. But the word 'girl' was taken out just in case it did.” ///

[aelmpvw]

light touch paper and stand back ...

[naomi24]

Db, Too late to worry. Political correctness is becoming more stupid by the day. I despair.

[ludwig]

// .. if you are not sure, go with lady or woman. //

Lady's sexist nowadays andy. Do keep up.

[sp1814]

(Cough cough)

I will overlook the American spelling of 'offence', and acknowledge that you have every right to highlight my next spelling misteak.

;-)

[Brenden]

Would not dream of doing that sp, make mine "well done".

[weecalf]

The way thing are going politition s are going to have answer questions .have the PC people evere heard of planet earth ?

[RandyMarsh]

well in this instance i can see why they decided not to use it, she is a trained warrior!

[rajbury]

It's all about context - I think in a business environment it is not appropriate to refer to women as girls: yet I hear it all the time. I never hear men referred to as boys.

Why not just say 'young women' instead of 'girls'?