I've said this before, but I think it warrants repeating. For some, they ought to hear it everyday.
If you are a fully-grown human being, that expects to be taken seriously, don't call yourself a "dude", "chick", "guy" or "girl". You are a man, or a woman. By calling yourself and others these things, you simply remove the responsibility that any human should have to not act like an idiot. Just to demonstrate the powers these words have:
A bad girl: some kind of sex-pot who is still becoming emotionally acquainted to basic human conduct
A bad woman: A woman who does irresponsible, mean-spirited things.
A good guy: A clueless, defenseless nobody
A good man: A determined, reliable person
Of course for relaxed settings, like talking to a friend, feel compelled to talk however you want. But if you indulge in the full benefits of adulthood, including being able to sign legally binding contracts and consent to sex, then you are a man or a woman. It's not a matter of "maturity"; which I don't particularly believe in, but a matter of embracing reality.
For example, when a "girl" dies because a sorority of "girls" put her through hazing, it's considered slightly regrettable. When a woman dies because a group of women physically abused her, they are murderers and at least complete idiots. Men and Women, from the age of 18, ought to refer to themselves as such. If they catch themselves doing something that they think a man or a woman shouldn't be doing, maybe some evil, be it just obnoxious or quite dangerous, can be stopped in it's tracks.
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