We have a bit of this discussion about "ladies" for the women's hockey team I play in. First and most importantly, not all of our players are female or use she/her pronouns, and our captain is pushing for using other terms like "everyone" or "team" or "players" as relevant rather than specifically gendered terms, to ensure we're not excluding people.
Less obviously, I find being addressed as "ladies" grating, especially when it comes from the coaches. We're all beginners and none of us are men, and the coaches are all much more skilled and experienced and all of them are men, and the whole damn sport is male-dominated, and calling attention to our status as minority players isn't helpful when we're just there to learn.
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We have a bit of this discussion about "ladies" for the women's hockey team I play in. First and most importantly, not all of our players are female or use she/her pronouns, and our captain is pushing for using other terms like "everyone" or "team" or "players" as relevant rather than specifically gendered terms, to ensure we're not excluding people.
Less obviously, I find being addressed as "ladies" grating, especially when it comes from the coaches. We're all beginners and none of us are men, and the coaches are all much more skilled and experienced and all of them are men, and the whole damn sport is male-dominated, and calling attention to our status as minority players isn't helpful when we're just there to learn.