What is Girl: Definition and 134 Discussions

A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a woman. However, the term girl is also used for other meanings, including young woman, and is sometimes used as a synonym for daughter, or girlfriend. In certain contexts, the usage of girl for a woman may be derogatory. Girl may also be a term of endearment used by an adult, usually a woman, to designate adult female friends. Girl also appears in compound words like showgirl, cowgirl, and schoolgirl.
The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have a low societal position, girls may be unwanted by their parents, and the state may invest less in services for girls. Girls' upbringing ranges from being relatively the same as that of boys to complete sex segregation and completely different gender roles.

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  1. rhody

    TED Video: Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl

    Don't let the title fool you, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Ensler" of her experience with women in over 50 countries. Rhody...
  2. N

    10-year-old girl hacker throws pennies at apps developers with discovery

    http://dvice.com/archives/2011/08/10-year-old-gir.php Kudos to her! This is very impressive thinking for anyone, let alone a young child.
  3. E

    I wanted to ask a really cute girl to be my girlfriend

    i just don't get it , but i wanted to ask a really cute girl to be my girlfriend , but seems to me that it didnt work out , i knew just was heart broken and i thought talking with her , and sitting with her , especially that she started liking to walk with me, we became very gd friends but when...
  4. dlgoff

    Suspect in KC toddler’s drowning death is a 5-year-old girl

    Should she be put in jail? :rolleyes: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/08/2937494/suspect-in-kc-toddlers-drowning.html"
  5. A

    Guy pushing girl on a swing models h.displacement with function

    1,2,3. Homework Statement , and work done. After Lee gives his little sister Kara a big push on a swing, her horizontal position as a function of time is given by the equation x(t) = 3cost(t)*e^{-0.05t} , where x(t) is her horizontal displacement, in metres, from the lowest point of her swing...
  6. E

    How Does Personal Transformation Impact Finding Love?

    i really don't know these how to find that special girl here's the thing last year i was in the faculty of engineering and i was so fat i needed 5 huge hamburgers as a snack and to make matters worse i failed for the first time in my entire life and i thought it was the end of the world you...
  7. C

    Help a Girl Out: Graphing Calculator Picture Project

    Homework Statement we have to create a picture in the graphing calculater, rules to the project 1window must be set at X[-20.7,24.7] and Y[-13,17] 2picture must be centered in this window 3no fewer then 20 program lines. horizontal and vertical lines don't count in the 20 4no programs within...
  8. N

    Good ways to start a conversation with a girl on facebook?

    I'm 17 soon 18 years 2nd and at year of Gymnasium (senior high school). I'm pretty sure she is attracted to me, and I sure am to her.. She's in my German-class.. But I have barely talked 2 her as I am not very social in general let alone in my German-class which is filled with assholes...
  9. P

    Kinetic energy - this girl is getting frustrated

    this is a 100 level college course ! it isn't supposed be this hard ! anywayyyy - here is the question need some help- problem - the cars mass is 1604 kg- calculate its KE at 60 miles per hour...so- I converted mph to meters per second and got 60 mph = 26.82 meters per second - so -...
  10. C

    What will human become? A Chinese girl needs your help

    I am from Shanghai,China and I am not a native English speaker so there might be some mistakes in my words and I am sorry for it. Back to the topic. I have read some papers that some researchers believe with the development of technology, our evolution will come to a halt. What is your...
  11. E

    How Can I Get to Know a Girl in University?

    hello everyone i am in my first year in university and i really want to know this girl more but i don't know how so start so any advice
  12. R

    Probability- Brain Teaser- 1 boy and 1 girl

    Homework Statement I'm not sure if this is the exact wording, but here it is: Let's assume a family wants at least 1 girl and 1 boy. It stops having kids once it get both. Ex: BBBBBG GB GGGGGGGGGB etc. What is the expect number of kids in the family? Homework Equations Is this a geometric...
  13. Z

    Where the heck does a girl find a nerd around here?

    Where the heck does a girl find a nerd around here? So i have a crazy liking for smart guys. the nerdy-er the better! In fact if i could find a guy who also thinks a periodic table shower curtain is rad, loves to spend hours talking about the world we live in would be willing to whisper the...
  14. B

    Ferris Wheel w/ constant angular velocity, girl throws ball and catches it.

    [PLAIN]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8969/ferriswheelmd.jpg This is giving me a lot of problems, and honestly, I'm not sure on how to get started. Any guidance is appreciated! Thanks!
  15. K

    Girl on a swing, stands up and becomes stationary?

    Homework Statement Homework Equations Conservation of Energy The Attempt at a Solution The girl has potential energy of 400(1.2) J at A. At B, her total energy is 400(0.6) J plus her kinetic energy. But at this point, she's also doing work against gravity, which is 400(0.6) J...
  16. Topher925

    Should I even bother calling this girl?

    Long story short, I met a girl, got her phone number, but not sure I want to call her. We are almost complete opposites personality wise. If we were to have any kind of relationship, even just a simple friendship, I don't see how it could work as we have absolutely nothing in common. Plus she...
  17. E

    Why would a girl ignore your calls?

    So, I think my best friend has the misconception that I'm in love with her. About a month ago I don't know why but I told her that maybe I liked her. She laughed it off but didn't have a reply so I keep persisting, and she was like, "okay I love you." But I take it that maybe neither of us...
  18. M

    Girl in physics and I hate the attention :[

    Current junior in physics at a pretty well ranked university, but our physics department has an 11 to 1 ratio of men to women. I don't feel academically intimidated or opressed or anything but I HATE that I can't ever get along casually with my fellow students. The two girls I see sometimes and...
  19. DaveC426913

    Buy Girl Guide Cookies at the Mall

    Buying GG cookies at the mall, the woman said all I have to do is choose which kind I like more. Thought it was an odd question, with an obvious answer, but maybe the world (or at least PF) will surprise me.
  20. xunxine

    Can we help this girl find love and happiness?

    I'm the nerdy one, so that's why I'm here. Pls bear with me while I tell you the story about my friend. I know everyone in the story. The dialogues are edited. She is a girl who is smart, kind and beautiful. Although all she shows to the world is only her face and hands, because, being a...
  21. BobG

    NASA NASA Scientists Plan to Approach Girl

    NASA Scientists Plan to Approach Girl by 2018. Film at 11 (or right below) http://www.theonion.com/content/video/nasa_scientists_plan_to_approach?utm_source=slate_rss_1 Best of all, her eyes are the color of Magnesium Iron Silicate.
  22. rootX

    10-year-old boys have been charged with raping an 8 years old girl

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8417317.stm I found it bit surprising but not much when I read about the similar incidents in the past: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2009/07/kids_accused_of_sexually_assau.php There was also another story from Britain where...
  23. Borek

    Is It Justifiable for Police to Use a Taser on a 10-Year-Old?

    http://news.aol.com/article/ozark-police-officer-dustin-bradshaw/772708 Mom calling police to unruly 10 yo girl? This is ridiculous. Perhaps less ridiculous than handcuffed kindergarten kid several years ago, but still idiotic.
  24. D

    How Far Does the Sled Travel Before Stopping?

    Homework Statement A girl coasts down a hill on a sled, reaching level ground at the bottom with a speed of 6.2 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled’s runners and the hard, icy snow is 0.059, and the girl and sled together weigh 736 N.The acceleration of gravity is 9.81...
  25. N

    Coriolis effect, a girl on holding a ball on a carousel

    A carousel going counter clockwise starts from rest and accelerates at a constant angular acceleration of 0.02 rev/s^2. A girl sitting on a bench on the platform 7 m from the center is holding a 3kg ball. Calculate the magnitude and the direction of the force she must exert to hold the ball 6s...
  26. L

    How Much Work is Needed to Pull a Sled on an Icy Road?

    Homework Statement By means of a towrope, a college girl pulls a sled loaded with firewood toward her sorority house along a level, icy road. The coefficient of friction between the sled and the road is u_k = 0.12 and the mass of the sled plus its load is 157 kg. The towrope is attached to...
  27. J

    How old is Brooke, the girl who never ages?

    This is pretty fascinating.. Article: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=7880954 Brooke rides in a stroller while her mom shops for clothes in the infant sections of department stores near their home in a Baltimore suburb. That Brooke is in her mid-teens is so mind-boggling that if another mother...
  28. C

    What do a nerd looks for in a girl?

    What do a nerd looks for in a girl? Which features are most important? cybervenus.
  29. T

    Why Am I the Only Girl in My Electro Engineering Class?

    Only girl on electro engineering :( Hello! This is my first post but not the last! :D I'm a student at norwegian universety and I really have difficulty with phisics Here's my question (look at attacment) How big force F has to be so that B doestn't change position (doesn't flys over...
  30. rootX

    Archbishop Excommunicates Those Who Helped 9yo Girl's Abortion

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7929712.stm I really don't understand why church would go against abortions in these like cases.
  31. physics girl phd

    Is Expecting a Girl During a Recession a Good Idea?

    So, we decided to "not worry" about things... since we were thinking other people's little tots were cute. Plus with the university layoffs starting here, I wasn't sure about my job security as an untenured lecturer (note: my husband's job IS secure). Why not "see what happened"? The day...
  32. A

    Girl Throws Weights: Calculate Speed Relative to Ground

    A 50.0-kg girl stands on a 10.0-kg wagon holding two 15.0-kg weights. She throws the weights horizontally off the back of the wagon at a speed of 6.5 m/s relative to herself . Assuming that the wagon was at rest initially, what is the speed of the girl relative to the ground after she throws...
  33. T

    Indirect ways of knowing that a girl likes a guy

    One of the most clearest indirect way to me seems to be if a girl copies a guy's actions or speech. What indirect ways do you know?
  34. N

    Conservation of momentum and jumping girl

    Homework Statement 1. A force F= 12 N i is applied to a 3kg ball which has coordinate of (2,2). What is the acceleration of the center of mass. 2. A girl jumps from a boat to a dock. Why does she have to jump with more energy than she would need if she were jumping the same distance from...
  35. G

    I have a really bad girl problem. me.

    I sort of have a girl problem. I was at the mall with my old lady to buy the FPS game legendary when i ran into a girl named Haley. I Thought nothing of her at school, but when I saw her here something changed inside of me. I started to develop a crush on the 5'10 goth/punk. The next day I...
  36. F

    Brave Guy Leaps Off Cliff For Girl Making Some People Laugh N Cry.

    I was just up tonight browsing and I came across this video link and I had to share. After reading the emotional comments I watched it and was really impressed. At first I was wondering what in the world was this guy doing moving around all these rocks and tires and bales of hay and then he...
  37. H

    What Are the Physics Behind a Girl Pulling a Sled on Ice?

    I'm not sure what the rules are about posting homework problems, but I just had 2 I couldn't get around too, so here's the second one... Homework Statement A 40 kg girl and a 8.4 kg sled are on the frictionless ice of a frozen lake, 15m apart but connected by a rope of negligible mass. The...
  38. F

    Girl slides down a slide. What is the friction?

    Homework Statement A 17 kg girl slides down a playground slide that is 2.7 m high. When she reaches the bottom of the slide, her speed is 1.3 m/s. What is the cohefficient of friction? Homework Equations F=ma Vf^2 = Vi^2 + 2ad The Attempt at a Solution I calculated the normal...
  39. O

    Why do girl play these stupid games? (kind of long)

    okay, ill try to explain this situation a best as i can. so, i started talking to this girl. I am not quite sure how it all started but i seemed cool so, i went with it. a cool thing (i thought so) was the fact that we hang out with a lot of the same crowd. so i got to see her often and see...
  40. S

    Overcoming Physics Struggles: Girl in Basket

    Sorry if my attempt is real pathetic, I'm not that great at physics... Homework Statement A girl sits in a basket supported by a string passing over a pulley. The girl pulls on the free end of the rope to lift herself. (a) If the mass of the girl and the basket together is 95 kg, with...
  41. C

    Systems - Girl and Sled - Newton's 3rd Law

    A girl of mass m_G is walking up a slippery slope while pulling a sled of unknown mass; the slope makes an angle "theta" with the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between the girl's boots and the slope is mu_s; the friction between the sled and the slope is negligible. It turns...
  42. S

    Girl falling out of helicopter - kinematics

    A girl in a helicopter falls out when it was rising vertically at 10 m/s. The girl has a rope tied to her harness so she can be retireved. After 2.5 secs, how much rope has been pulled out of the helicopter? I know that this is essentially asking you to find the height that the helicopter...
  43. G

    Would you date a girl with tatoos?

    Me: No way. I don't date girls who look like they should be in a motorcycle gang. Tats on the lower back, near the ankle, on the back of the neck, or on the hip just seem like an annoying trend.
  44. H

    What is the probability that a random two-child family has at least one girl?

    Here is a very famous problem: A random two-child family with at least one boy is chosen. What is the probability that it has a girl? An equivalent and perhaps clearer way of stating the problem is "Excluding the case of two girls, what is the probability that two random children are of...
  45. M

    Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead Getting Medical Help

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341574,00.html This is quite disturbing. :eek:
  46. G

    Girl Climbing Rope: Avg Speed & Work Calculated

    Homework Statement A 55.0 kg student climbs a 4.00 m long rope and stops at the top. (a) What must her average speed be in order to match the power output of a 200-W lightbulb? (M/S) (b) How much work does she do? (J) Homework Equations Well if i had to guess...they might be...
  47. B

    Is She Interested in More Than Friendship?

    Hey all. I need some help with asking a girl out, who I think might already have a boyfriend, but I'm not at all sure of that fact. Anyways, we have one class together and she's really cool. Smart, pretty, and of similar personality to me. We've gotten to each other pretty well. Any...
  48. S

    Calculating Maximum Speed of a Swinging Girl

    A girl swings back and forth on a swing with ropes that are 4.00m long. The maximum height she reaches is 2.00m above the ground. At the lowest poing of the swing, she is 0.500m above the ground. What is the girl's maximum speed? The answer is 5.42m/s, I just need to know how to do the problem.
  49. B

    Calculating Time for a Transverse Wave on a String | Help Needed

    help a girl out please :( :cry:Ok I don't know exactally what I am doing wrong here, someone please help!:cry: The speed of a transverse wave on a string is 400 m/s, and the wavelength is 0.19 m. The amplitude of the wave is 1 mm. How much time is required for a particle of the string to...
  50. Ivan Seeking

    News The girl who was stoned to death for falling in love

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=455400&in_page_id=1879 So, we were going to make this place a democractic society? Did the men throwing the stones and filming with their cell phones vote? Thanks to the internet, once it gets out, news like this...
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