Read the discussion on Flickr regarding sexist language

The Flickr article was right on. I don’t think that just because a blogging or tagging information is informal that sexist language is acceptable. I don’t think that many give it any though; they just think that as long as they are not using derogatory language than they are okay. Like the situation of calling a woman a girl, or a man a boy, on of my classmates mentioned that in some places of the U.S calling a man a boy is very derogatory and is meant to be that intentionally. I have experienced this first hand. A coworker was trying to be funny and while joking called me a “senorita” which is Spanish loosely means young girl. I reminded him that if he was going to attempt to speak to me in Spanish then he should have called me a “Senora” because I am a married woman. I think that in everything we do we should maintain respect,and stay away from sexist language, no matter the situation.