Girl! GWORL. Gorl. Guhl. Gurl. Grrrrrlll. “Mommy, why is it that every time you’re on the phone or with your friends, it’s always girl, girl, girl, girl?” my son asked me as I was tucking him into bed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of girls laugh together at school. The word "girl" evokes the thought of a female child, while "boy" conjures the thought ...

The term “girl” has a fraught history in English. Ostensibly, it refers to a female child, but has often been applied to women regardless of their age, as in “the girls on the sales floor.” When ...

This year’s Women’s History Month in the US feels a little weightier than usual. But while systemic setbacks persist, women aren’t just pushing back in courtrooms, boardrooms and on picket lines. In ...