[Elsie]

She is 25. How old does a female criminal have to be before her defenders stop calling her a "girl"?

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Oh... about as old as a male criminal has to be, before his detracters stop calling him a "boy"?

[aristeides]

Actually, in the case of black women, I hear their fellow black women say things like, "You go, girl!" to them when they are in their 50's.