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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Adding ‘man’ or ‘woman’ indicates that you are addressing a ‘man’ or ‘woman’, surely? I see nothing offensive about that.
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I don’t think so, Mick. To be honest , if a woman said to me ‘Giveit a rest, man’ I would not be offended.
Seriously, Mick, would you?
No woman is ashamed of being a woman, so why would she be offended by being referred to what she is? Unless she is trans, I suppose.
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'man' is a colloquial term in both the UK and USA for different meanings. 'Oh man' and 'way aye man' don't always directly refer to a male person.
'woman' doesn't have the same equivalent, so 'Shut up woman' is much more sexist than 'Shut up man'