Andronormativity

[andrewducker]

If I was checking that two males friends were coming over soon I'd say "You guys coming over soon." - and I went to say something like this on IM to Morag (about her and Erin coming over for BSG) and paused, unsure what the right thing to say was when talking to two female friends...
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Comments

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

"Guys" seems to be one of those words that's lost its gender in that context - at least it has in the way I speak at the mo.

[draconid.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I've always called my friends "guys" in a plural context - or generally "the guys". Not that I'd ever call a girl a "guy" singular though.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

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