Girls, “Girls,” and Women

“I cringe when I hear the women from The Real Housewives accuse their cast mates of acting like ‘mean girls.’ Sure, the dames on reality television are cruel, narcissistic and self-absorbed (and I love every minute of it), but girls? For these women, girlhood was more than 30 years ago.”
— Former MTV VJ Karen Duffy wants women to stop being polite and start getting referred to as women.