Is the term “bro” gender-neutral in the way it’s used? I’d argue yes

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I can't see myself saying bro to a girl unless she's already reached bro status in which she's obvi v chill and doesn't care if I call her bro. However if ur slippin you can get bruh'd regardless of gender, ethnicity, or dietary preferences

But ye call ur girl bros sis, makes more sense anyway

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Your statement is sexist because it implies that “bro status” for a girl means she’s chill and probably “not like other girls.” That implies bad things about “other girls” - get it? Don’t compliment a girl by putting down other girls. That’s not cool.

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Women have to deal with “male” being the default gender all the time. It starts all the way back to childhood. You look at books or cartoons and they’ll have 5 guys and 1 token girl character - no one bats an eye. If it was 5 girls and 1 token guy, it would be strange (or it would be a show “for” girls).

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What is the gender neutral equivalent of bro/variations of bruh/dude?

Is Thang an acceptable interpretation? Asking for a friend

I would never call a woman bro, unless it’s a slip of the tongue or if I’m saying it indirectly to no one.

But I’ve seen some girls use dude gender-neutrally. Which makes me want to believe it is. Even if it is just out of social conditioning.

Yup i say bro/bruh all the time 😂for diff situations but its gender neutral imo

I'm from the west coast and used dude/bro as gender neutral. When moved to the east coast, girls seemed put off by me calling them dude/bro. Seems like a regional thing

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