New guy and nice

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Originally Posted by tin

and my point was that only a woman can be a godess and only a woman can be a beautiful "girl" . . so calling them either is equal to just using the word woman
they are not lesser words, just different words for the same outcome - which is that they are women

I stand by my original statement and my explanation that I was making a different point than you. While yours may only be "different words," the original point was to show -- in a gentle way -- the tilt toward ungendering in the OP's original post.