Women or "Ladies"

Thanks Lisa and Michelle.
In response to Lisa's column, Dec. 15th of last month and "Sugar and Spice"....
Everywhere I go, adult females are rarely called women....they're "ladies" and myself, I cringe when I hear the term. Ladies, as defined in the Oxford Canadian dictionary, Katherine Barber, editor-in-chief, is a socially acceptable behaviour, while woman is defined as...an adult female. There is then, a definite difference between calling an adult female a woman over a lady. There's a feeling of less than equality with this term.. I wonder even if people who refer to women as ladies, know the difference between the two words or...would a woman herself, say that "I never thought of it that way before!"

I've been indirectly referred to as a lady, girl and "guy" which is as generic as mankind in a patriarchal way. Tell someone you're a woman and they look at you like you're speaking in a strange language.

I wish we lived in a much more socially equal society.

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