<p>Class of '78 here. My first reaction was to feel a bit put off, but things change and a new generation brands things its own way. It is true that young women now do not appreciate the need to demand respect and the importance of language in the way that we did. I work with a large number of young professionals and they all, male and female, are comfortable with referring to their female colleagues as “girls” - something we so persistently overcame in the effort to be taken as seriously as our male counterparts.</p>