badass feminist

I was in work today and a female colleague and I were discussing feminism in the workplace when a man entered our conversation and said, “girls need to relax about this we are all equal under the law.” I asked him to look at my friend (mid-30’s) and if he thinks of her as a woman or a girl. He responded “woman, but you know what I meant.” I told him that we were both women and it was disrespectful for him to call us “girls” as he would feel inferior if we were to call him a “boy.” My friend and I then told him that there is still no amendment that states men and women are equal because it did not pass. He scoffed at us.