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She is a real lady!

April 26 2011

Several times I have asked this question on several different forum topics and to date not one person has even attempted an answer. So..... What is the difference between a lady and a woman? Why is it desireable for a woman to act like a lady rather than being a woman? Now I dont want a barrage of people trying to tell me how a lady should act. That is NOT the question at all. I want to know the difference between the two as several couples have recently distinguished that there is a difference. So what is it? What sets a "lady" apart from a woman?

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  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Lady is normally used as a parallel to gentleman to emphasize norms expected in polite society or in situations requiring courtesies: Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. I believe the lady in front of the counter was here before me. When the sex of the person is relevant, the preferred modifier is woman or female. Dictionary la·dy (ld) n. pl. la·dies 1. A well-mannered and considerate woman with high standards of proper behavior. 2. a. A woman regarded as proper and virtuous. b. A well-behaved young girl. 3. A woman who is the head of a household. 4. A woman, especially when spoken of or to in a polite way. 5. a. A woman to whom a man is romantically attached. b. Informal A wife. 6. Lady Chiefly British A general feminine title of nobility and other rank, specifically: a. Used as the title for the wife or widow of a knight or baronet. b. Used as a form of address for a marchioness, countess, viscountess, baroness, or baronetess. c. Used as a form of address for the wife or widow of a baron. d. Used as a courtesy title for the daughter of a duke, a marquis, or an earl. e. Used as a courtesy title for the wife of a younger son of a duke or marquis. 7. Lady The Virgin Mary. Usually used with Our. 8. Slang Cocaine.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    it would hold that ... All Ladies are women .... But not all women are or can be Ladies... For the term WOMAN related to sex bases (man and woman / male and femalel) But the term LADY .. stems back to the English of the 14th Century - the proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl (although the title is given by courtesy also to the wives of baronets and knights). ----- Suposed to be someone of class or position--- a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Well it's like this Fee, a Lady is always a woman, but a woman is not always a lady.Did that help?.....no....didn't think so.....lolCheers Nev

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    This is a really tough and complex question. On a basic level, a woman is an adult female, a Lady is an adult female who carries herself with a certain levelof class and deportment that another woman just can't or won't. i.e: Some women's voices exclude them from everbeing considered a lady, same for loud in your face types. Then again some women merely have the title Lady.Now this is where it becomes complex, as in when (only speaking for myself here) I use the term lady.Sometimes I use the term in an affectionate way, sometimes in a sarcastic way, sometimes in a terse way.I don't know any women who carry the title Lady, so can't say I have used it in a politically correct fashion.For me a Lady is a woman, who carries herself with style and grace, speaks with a firm yet femine voice, is confident, intelligent, well dressed and has impeccable manners.Is one better than the other?Cheers Nev.........

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    A surfer was once asked "Why do you surf?". His response was "If you have to ask the question, you will never understand the answer" . I think if there were separate toilets, the 'Ladies' toilet would be clean, smell like roses and have pretty butterflies flying around in it. The 'Womens' toilet could easily be mistaken for the mens.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    ...but a beer-swilling, belching, swearing, rude, obnoxious male would never be referred to as a 'gentleman'. So why should the female equivalent be referred to as a 'lady'? Men have a penis and an X and Y chromosome, and women have a vagina and two X chromosomes, whereas, to me, gentlemen and ladies have a little more class, poise and eloquence. Tinks

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    A Woman can multi-task A Lady needs merely to ask. . But...........I don't think there is big difference when she has her clothes off.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'Jean_Girard' A surfer was once asked "Why do you surf?". His response was "If you have to ask the question, you will never understand the answer" . I think if there were separate toilets, the 'Ladies' toilet would be clean, smell like roses and have pretty butterflies flying around in it. The 'Womens' toilet could easily be mistaken for the mens. Ladies do not fart, piss or shit? Thank God I am a woman. Imagine the stomach ache they must suffer

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    grace –noun 1. elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action. 2. a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    such terms as: 1. "ladies of the night" in reference to prostitution 2." landlady" 3. the fact that it appears that the origin of the word comes from From Old English hlaf, "loaf," and a Germanic base meaning "knead," it first literally meant "one who kneads bread." (Old English hlǣfdīge) Kisses Focus

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'celebree' All Ladies are women .... But not all women are or can be Ladies... Sometimes Ladies can shit me to tears... most women I just enjoy :) I heard a quote once that said "the perfect women was a total lady in public and a total slut in the bedroom" Not my words but it has stuck in my mind for years... when I find a person like that its hard not to pay attention to them... very sexy :) LS

  • Tart_Du_Jour

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    15 years ago

    I'm not sure about this lady/gentleman stuff. I think being polite and considerate is an attractive virtue in either gender. I try to think of others most of the time and hope I have some manners to those in my life but I also swear and tell stupid jokes in certain company. So I don't know what they makes me, a person maybe? Either, I think it's more important to make the other person feel comfortable with your behaviour rather than outdated notions of etiquette and how long a woman's skirt should be and all that stuff.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'celebree' But the term LADY .. stems back to the English of the 14th Century I hate to take a quote out of context, but I think this one sums it up nicely. Concepts of 'Lady' and "Gentleman' are somewhat antiquated, and truth be told, grounded in ideas of class. Certain people, based on their social position, where expected to behave in a certain way in public. They received training from a very young age to insure that their behavior was not an embaressment to the family name. I completely understand the need for manners, and I also understand the importance of appropriate behavior (knowing when certain behaviors are ok, and when they are not). But I also think that the idea of the lady and the gentleman are unfortunately tied to ideas about men and women that are no longer too relevant. I am currently ducking my head, and hiding from the the backlash of this claim. I hope it is taken in the spirit in which it is meant.

  • Tart_Du_Jour

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    15 years ago

    One thing I have never understood is why often those that proclaim themselves to be a lady the loudest can be very rude or judgemental towards others.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'Baise_Moi'One thing I have never understood is why often those that proclaim themselves to be a lady the loudest can be very rude or judgemental towards others. Personally I never wished to be considered as a Lady...I know how to behave in public, or certain company. I know when I can and cannot swear, fart or pick my nose. l I may not be a lady.....but there is no denying that I am all woman......and that is good enough for me.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'focusliason' such terms as: 1. "ladies of the night" in reference to prostitution 2." landlady" 3. the fact that it appears that the origin of the word comes from From Old English hlaf, "loaf," and a Germanic base meaning "knead," it first literally meant "one who kneads bread." (Old English hlǣfdīge) Kisses Focus Nice work thinking outside the square, but I doubt society is going to redefine the word or the (generally) accepted meaning of 'lady' because it originated from a woman kneading bread. It is more likely to do so thanks to Lady Gaga. . I don't understand why a prostitute cannot be a lady (if that is what you're inferring). I am sure the ladies of the night take home more money than the women of the night. Occupation will never define a lady. A lady can work in a factory, an office or in my bedroom on all four's. So can a woman, but I doubt she'll get a gig in my bedroom. . I don't think you need to be a Rhode's scholar (shit I only went to Midland TAFE) to understand how landlady originated, and it has as much pertinency as the woman who kneads bread.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'Jean_Girard'. I don't understand why a prostitute cannot be a lady (if that is what you're inferring). I am sure the ladies of the night take home more money than the women of the night. Occupation will never define a lady. . I have a friend who is a whore, and she has all the characteristics I would attribute to a lady. She is thoughtful, polite, has manners and is exceedingly strong of character.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    nothing

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Apparently a lady has her virtue intact. :pI think your question rings bells for another round of the "professional" debate.Hugs Stalky

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'stalky' Apparently a lady has her virtue intact. :pI think your question rings bells for another round of the "professional" debate.Hugs Stalky If we can havea forum asking what a gentleman is why cant we do the same for a lady??? Especially when I am being told constantly I need to act like a lady but noone can tell me what thats is...how do I do it??? , Kisses Focus

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Heeeello laaadies!!

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    A woman would let me be a gentleman...enjoy a drink, a laugh or two then go our separate ways. | A lady is a woman that I would be happy to wake up to the next morning, smile and say "let's do that again" and spend the rest of the day enjoying her company. | And who knows, if I am a gentelman she might even say... | ..."let's do that again". | | And again and again and again. How high is up?

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    ...somebody dropped their tag?

  • Tart_Du_Jour

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'irresponsibility' Heeeello laaadies!!True but it amuses me if I greet a group of women this way, especially if I raise my eyebrow at the same time.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    I didn't realise using the term hello Ladies was offensive/creepy.... Jebusallahbuddah I do that all the time!Maybe I should try Hello Bitches!Cheers Bad Creepy Nev

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'focusliason' Quoting 'stalky' Apparently a lady has her virtue intact. :pI think your question rings bells for another round of the "professional" debate.Hugs Stalky If we can havea forum asking what a gentleman is why cant we do the same for a lady??? Especially when I am being told constantly I need to act like a lady but noone can tell me what thats is...how do I do it??? , Kisses Focus A Woman, can be more of a reference to sex, and I don't mean gender, but more experience. In some situations it can imply strength or independence. Lady, can be distinguished by actions, how they act - usually softly spoken, gracious, etc Focus, I hope this helps. 1.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'focusliason' Quoting 'stalky' Apparently a lady has her virtue intact. :pI think your question rings bells for another round of the "professional" debate.Hugs Stalky If we can havea forum asking what a gentleman is why cant we do the same for a lady??? Especially when I am being told constantly I need to act like a lady but noone can tell me what thats is...how do I do it??? , Kisses Focus I think it's like the stone masons.... I've heard about them but nobody ever knows anyone who is one. You cant apply to be one you have to be invited to be one. They meet once a month and have secret handshakes etc. TR

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    A lady is unlikely to have pictures of her tongue sticking out on her profile. . The first time you learn of her piercing is after the tip of her tongue has teasingly traced it's way up your shaft and she first takes the hard throbbing tip of your cock deep into her mouth and you feel it flick across your knob.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    *eyeroll*

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'LeoSteve' Quoting 'celebree' All Ladies are women .... But not all women are or can be Ladies... Sometimes Ladies can shit me to tears... most women I just enjoy :) I heard a quote once that said "the perfect women was a total lady in public and a total slut in the bedroom" Not my words but it has stuck in my mind for years... when I find a person like that its hard not to pay attention to them... very sexy :) LSAnd a chef in the kitchen

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'stalky' Apparently a lady has her virtue intact. :p

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    But to say that it really confuses me, I mean I can't look at a person and say she is a real Lady or a real Gentleman for that matter either. I think its more something like they have ladylike qualities or gentlemanly qualities, I dont think any of us are either of those all of the time. We adapt for certain situations, and have to be realistic in those situations. It would be ridiculous to expect a woman to behave like a lady in every situation, how are you going to explain away the final transition of childbirth? cos all bets are off in that scenario. Why do we have to be a 'real' anything? so long as we are a good person underneath societies expectations of us. Treat others respectfully and with empathy, if you swear while you're doing this does it make you not a lady or gentleman?, no seriously not. I think it's our 'essence' of who we are and how its perceived or judged that we have to be one or the other. Will we then spend all our time trying to do things so that its taken in a ladylike fashion, and not showing true emotion or feelings? I can't see that being an emotional positive anywhere down the track. What it should boil down to, is looking for 'good' qualities in a person, not what we deem to be acceptable in the lady vs woman box because we can be all of these things within the short space of a day.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    I think you're a little old fashioned Carlos??.. hehe... the modern day greeting is apparently "sup biatch"HugsStalky Quoting 'CarlosSpicyWienr' I didn't realise using the term hello Ladies was offensive/creepy.... Jebusallahbuddah I do that all the time!Maybe I should try Hello Bitches!Cheers Bad Creepy Nev

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Oh forget those fuddly ol' anglicans! I think we can devise a new, more rewarding, secret handshake Bro! HugsStalky Quoting 'Total_Recall' Quoting 'focusliason' Quoting 'stalky' Apparently a lady has her virtue intact. :pI think your question rings bells for another round of the "professional" debate.Hugs Stalky If we can havea forum asking what a gentleman is why cant we do the same for a lady??? Especially when I am being told constantly I need to act like a lady but noone can tell me what thats is...how do I do it??? , Kisses Focus I think it's like the stone masons.... I've heard about them but nobody ever knows anyone who is one. You cant apply to be one you have to be invited to be one. They meet once a month and have secret handshakes etc. TR

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    For us, a Woman is the sex whereas a Lady is the behaviour.Basically for us a woman is a female, simple, thus all females are women (well, once adulthood is reached), whereas a Lady is a person or attitude defined by behaviours, confidence, appearance etc.Not all women can or want to be ladies, but that does not demean them in any way as some ladies one would not want to know anyway as the attitude is not that of a lady.Shell and Gaz

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'CarlosSpicyWienr' I didn't realise using the term hello Ladies was offensive/creepy.... Jebusallahbuddah I do that all the time! Maybe I should try Hello Bitches! Cheers Bad Creepy NevIf you're not greeting their boobies and not stroking your moustache and you don't have an eyebrow raised exactly like Baise's and you're not saying the words like you have just found a $50 note, then there is a chance you might get away with it.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Like a of things...it's not really what you say but more in the way you say them or what you mean. | Quoting 'dontgothere' I think its more something like they have ladylike qualities or gentlemanly qualities, I dont think any of us are either of those all of the time. We adapt for certain situations, and have to be realistic in those situations. | We don't always have our high heeled gum boots or waterproof Armanis on when it's the perfect time to go for a walk along the beach in the moonlight...but if you carry the glasses and I grab the champagne we can both go barefoot in the surf and let the dry cleaners worry about getting the stains out. | I would also be happy to carry your shoes.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    ok , have thought about this question long and hard , and here are my thoughts on the matter.Women are women , there is no mistaking , maybe differnt ages, differnt colours, differnt sizes, but you get where i am coming from here.What dose make us differnt is the way we think , the way we conduct ourselfs, what we personaly exspect from ourselfs, how we choose others to viwe us. And as you can see they are all personal choices.So to me the only differnce between woman and a lady is , a matter of choice, You can be whatever you choose.I dont know about anyone else here..... but i choose to be me !xxxxxx

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Woeman , well just be careful men

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Any woman that matures past being a bitch, which is a weak form of wit, should proclaim themselves “ladies.” As someone approaches from a far, I might say “look a woman is coming,” and as she gets closer and closer, sooner or later I could say, “What a lady,” or “what a bitch.” Desireher.

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    Quoting 'Desireher' Any woman that matures past being a bitch, which is a weak form of wit, should proclaim themselves “ladies.” As someone approaches from a far, I might say “look a woman is coming,” and as she gets closer and closer, sooner or later I could say, “What a lady,” or “what a bitch.” Desireher. We are born a Female . We grow to become a Woman . We mature and educate to become a Lady. AND We All enjoy being a Bitch\ Beautiful. Intelligent Talented Charming.... and Horny

  • RHP

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    15 years ago

    All I know is I'm a laaaaaaaadddddddyyyyyyyyyyyyy!! pmsl