[Marina Kits]

There's something in Zipporah's post that I can't quite articulate but it's really is destructive. When we start tearing apart definitions and to some extent, stereotypes, things get real fuzzy real fast and pretty soon no one knows what anyone is talking about because everyone's definition has been personalized and is a little different. Girls are girls and generally speaking, they like to be attractive, are more in touch with their emotions, are better nurturers etc., etc., etc. If you strip everything away from the traditional definition of "Girl" what do you have left? Bland ambiguity in my opinion. And now, instead of saying one word that is compact yet packed full of meaning, I have to use hundreds of words to define EVERYTHING. I'm sorry if this offends you progressives but words mean things and it's important that we all agree on the same definitions for the effectiveness of human language. Maybe Zipporah doesn't fit the standard definition of a girl but that doesn't mean we should change the definition to fit Zipporah.