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As old fashioned as it is, is it offensive to women to be referred to as 'broad' or 'dame'?
Like I said I know it’s old fashioned, I only rarely hear these terms in old movies or tv shows. So today, would women take offense to these terms? I assume it depends on the context, I can see a woman getting offended if it were something like “you’re gonna ditch me for some broad?” But if it were like: “yeah, that dame over there showed me where the bathroom is” is that ok? Does it entirely depend on the context, or are the terms considered insulting entirely?
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