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in reply to a message by Llewella
You'd have to ask an Aussie, but I never took calling a girl / woman a Sheila to be a bad thing. It's sort of like during WWII in the U.S. when boys / men and girls / women were called Jack and Jill. It's just slang. No one uses those terms in the U.S. anymore and maybe Sheila isn't used in Australia anymore either.
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It isn't derogatory but it is still quite commonly used or at the very least very commonly known. It is a very 'okker' term i.e. typically 'Aussie' and not the kind of term you'd hear used seriously by most people in urban areas. I guess you could call it lower class but if we're sucking up to our Australian-ness, you'd hear it being used in jest.
It is definitely usable here, I think...I know a few older Sheilas, it is just super super dated.
It is definitely usable here, I think...I know a few older Sheilas, it is just super super dated.
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Yeah, agreed... the term itself isn't derogatory, although I'd say that because of prevailing sexist attitudes in the section of society that uses it seriously, it's often heard in a derogatory setting. And yes, the name itself is very dated.
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Thanks for the info. :)
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Good to know. Thanks. :-) I'm glad it's still usable there.
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