FactoidEtymology of the Word "Girl"
The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.
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Pew Research Center Report Examines Gender Diversity In The Nation’s Newsrooms
While a study of 12,000 journalists nationwide found almost half (46 percent) are women, it also discovered only 38 percent of journalists who primarily cover science and technology are female.» Link to the original article
