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Many times I get a bit confused, how do I call women at work.
Girls
Ladies
Female
Women
I see most of the times, "Female" fits it right, but as a non-native speaker & a biology student once at schools, I tend to relate this more closer towards Biology. As in, "Forward the profiles of Female applicants"... [for Cloning?  ].
"Girls" sound a bit teen-ish. Ladies & Women don't seem to fit the context well many times. And we are just left with "Female" word alone?
Just wanted to know if "Female" certainly feels alright, or it sounds a bit "biological" even for a native speaker? 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I guess it depends what you are talking about and to whom! 
You could also refer them/her as 'she', 'that bitch', 'a colleague', 'them'
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I've worked with plenty of blokes to whom the term 'bitch' could also be applied
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Haha, great workplace, hey?! 
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I'm pretty sure whatever you say, someone will always take offence
- personally, like you, I'd leave out 'girls', and you're right about context, but Ladies, Female, Women in the correct context should be ok
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I guess, being a gentleman yourself, 'ladies' is the most appropriate term. You've already answered your own question in the subject.
If you are misunderstood by that, it's their bad... You are just being yourself 
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I tend to use "girl" or "girls" when they are around my age or younger. I use "lady" or "ladies" if they are older or they are black and I don't know them. In the U.S. there is a lot of tension between people of African descent and European descent so I try to be extra respectful and not say something that might be offensive.
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Down under they solve it by calling them "Sheila" 
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Being the antitheses of a gentlemen I use wench, strumpet or trollop. It help that I am in Asia and rarely have they heard those words.
However when one of the young ladies walks up a smacks me a couple of days later I tend to understand.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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"Lady" or "young lady" work like charm - every woman will feel respected regardless of age, marital status...
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"Chicks"??? 
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I do not call them, they come at me by themselves. 
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Why do you feel the need to label them, they're all just humans like you and me*
*I'll admit I'm making an assumption about you.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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It depends on the culture of where you are, and I don't mean the country, but the organisation or audience you are talking to.
Some women will get insulted if you call them girls, females sounds very awkward to me (partly because of an excellent sitcom called Friday Night Dinner in which the father asks his son if there are any females in his life), some women do not like the word women because they see it as 'of men'.
It also depends on how formal the situation you are in.
I think it also needs to fit what you call the men.
Men and women.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Lads and lasses.
Boys and girls.
Vicars and tarts.
Bros and hos.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Person of Interest?
New version: WinHeist Version Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye-
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TITS would also work.
The Important and Touchy Sex. 
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We guys having a great ride here with little women power in CP. There used to be someone called Eline? a.k.a Trollsayer? The only one woman name that I could recollect in CP. lol
And one more : Smitha - a.ka Mrs. Nish!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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We've had more than that. Unfortunately, they came and went, hopefully, to better things.
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What do you call the men? Males? Boys? Gentlemen?
Stick with "women".
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Don't use:
Broads
Dames
Hens
Dolls
Gals
Wenches
How come I know more ways NOT to use than ways to use? I erased several before I hit Post Message. 
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I dunno ... try using their first name!
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So now that my contract abruptly ended a week ago, I'm now searching for work again.
I have a phone interview tomorrow and I feel hopeful.
So now that I have some free time, I'm keeping busy with my daily agenda:
- Job Hunt
- Work on [product] (I'm working on a software product for market)
- Brush up on WCF.
- Learn Android
- Learn Entity Framework
- Write some more of my book.
- Call of Duty.
[REVISED AGENDA]
1. Job Hunt
2. Work on [product] (I'm working on a software product for market)
3. Brush up on WCF.
4. Learn Android
5. Learn Entity Framework
6. Write some more of my book.
7. Call of Duty.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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WCF? Perhaps ASP .NET MVC would be a better avenue?
/ravi
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Why?
I can see uses for both. I've done both WCF and ASP.Net Web Services, but there are some things in WCF I need to improve my knowledge of.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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