I must have fallen asleep during a discussion of "ladies".  What's the issue?

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> On Oct 11, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Martha Wild via Callers 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I’ve got a gypsy star dance (I actually call it “Star Wrong” and not just 
> because of the g-word, but because if you say “gypsy star” everybody starts 
> to gypsy and NOT star, so I gave up on that confusing terminology). Haven’t 
> seen another dance like it. The move from mad robin into the star wrong 
> actually flows quite well.  I use men and women for roles, not genders. When 
> I first started calling, we considered “lady” to be a four letter word - 
> women’s movement and bra burning and all that. I still find it hard to use 
> the word “lady” and not bristle. Times have changed, now people bristle at 
> men and women. Go figure. I didn’t correct the “g-word” use on this version 
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