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How the 'ladies and gentlemen' generation has turned to be of 'women and men'

 

In the recent year I have realized that, I have been growing old without my consent. Walking down in the streets, I hear young people with new slang words that I cannot understand at all. If that has been happening to you, then we are sailing in the same boat.

I recently came across a picture that, unfortunately, hit the social media in 2012. It was a picture of a woman in a 50′s dress and a man in a 50′s suit. It said “I often wonder if more girls were willing to be ladies, more guys would feel challenged to be gentlemen.”

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