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CMV: The plural noun ‘guys’ is gender neutral in most situations

Like in several other languages, it is common to have a plural noun that is used when talking to a group of ambiguous gender. (For example the Chinese tāmen (plural form of he/him/she/her/it.)) however, English doesn’t have a specific word that fits this description in every way. They/them works when talking about a person/group but doesn’t work when you are talking directly to the group. The slang ya’ll fits this but what I want to argue is that the term guys also works.

Since English speakers outside of Some American states don’t use the phrase ya’ll when talking to a group of ambiguous gender, I think it is acceptable to use the term guys instead. However, this only applies if the gender of the group is either majority male or ambiguous. I think girls is the right phrase when talking to a majority female group or fully female group. The ambiguous situation is the one I think is open to debate. But my argument for it is that it is not disrespectful to simply call a group Guys when you talk to them because there is no simple alternative.
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If it is, and we agree that the singular “guy” is masculine then we’re going back to asserting male as default. 

The reason “guys” works as neutral is the same reason “Latino” works for groups that include women: because male is dominant. If we’re goi g to use “guys” the same way, then it’s *exactly* like using congressman or policeman to represent both men and women.