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3882108 No.3882108 [Reply] [Original]

Is there a 'correct' age when you can stop identifying the character as a girl and start calling her a woman?

I've read novels where the authors still call someone who is 20 a girl, but others refer to a 16 year old as a woman.

>> No.3882127

The age when she gets raped.

>> No.3882128

A girl becomes a woman when she's had a cock in her.

>> No.3882133

>>3882108
The grammatically correct age is 18

Breaking this rule effectively ruins a novel

>> No.3882137

Words mean different things, so use them contextually.

>she aches just like a woman
>but she breaks just like a little girl

Or, you know, if you're looking for a rule, just use the legal age of marriage in your country.

>> No.3882140

>I've read novels where the authors still call someone who is 20 a girl

these are probably contemporary

>but others refer to a 16 year old as a woman.

these are probably 19th century

its a term of art dependant on historical context.

>> No.3882145

Whenever she's had her period. When her reproductive organs start working, she has matured into a woman.

>> No.3882146

Stylistic choice. Probably has something to do with how anal the author is about reusing words, and will switch between terms indiscriminately. If nothing else, the author is trying to hold your hand and shove some kind of moral down your throat by associating the character's actions with maturity.

>> No.3882151

>>3882140
Source?

>> No.3882161

>>3882145
Source?

>> No.3882200

>>3882145
go to bed, gurm

>> No.3882210

depends on which rite of passage the author is giving emphasis to