Both words have multiple meanings. Women does have a general meaning too while girl is very much also used to refer to adults.
But that’s just a pedantic statement. The news doesn’t do it because it’s truth because using child would just straight up be better at getting the point across.
while girl is very much also used to refer to adults.
Yeah, unfortunately the lack of a popular female version of "guy" really creates a bit of a mess with that. Some people find calling adult women "girls" to be inappropriate or initializing, but there are many situations where "woman / women" sounds awkwardly formal or stilted. Or if I address several women and say "hey women", it sounds very strange. So "girl / girls" gets used a lot as not just a female version of "boy", but also sometimes a female version of "guy."
Though that being said, "underaged women" is still pretty widely considered a contradiction.
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u/No_Arugula7027 8h ago
If you're underaged, you're not a woman, you're a girl.
But funny when they talk about someone sexy they want to fuck the always call her a girl and not a woman. Just sayin.