Girl

Young female human

Girl

Summary

A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. While the term girl has other meanings, including young woman, daughter or girlfriend regardless of age, the first meaning is the most common one.

Originally created by The Anome

4/11/2005, 11:20:00 AM

Modified

5/22/2026, 3:35:55 AM

Recent revisions

Morrissey4Prez20245/22/2026, 3:35:55 AM

/* Biology */

Ryoske5/6/2026, 7:15:47 AM

/* Japanese shōjo */ Expanded on Eiji Ōtsuka's analysis of the shōjo, adding a 1989 citation to explain how the archetype embraced a "latent asexuality" to resist patriarchal reproductive expectations, syncing the theory with the [[lolicon]] article

Ryoske5/6/2026, 5:47:13 AM

/* Japanese shōjo */ Improved discussion of shōjo manga origins/evolution; converted Galbraith sfn to full inline cite, corrected Ōtsuka translation to "Folkloristics of the Girl", and added [[bishōjo]] inline

Ryoske5/3/2026, 5:55:17 PM

Added "Cultural conceptions" section on the Japanese shōjo, detailing its Taishō-era sociological roots (Imada) and post-war aestheticization (Ōtsuka). Also reorganized the literature sections to move adult novels out of the children's category.

Ascchrvalstr5/1/2026, 8:18:57 AM

/* Health */ Fix punctuation

SupermanBatmanGuy4/30/2026, 12:50:41 PM
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Organhaver4/26/2026, 9:20:48 PM

Redundant. We literally are at the article for Girl.

The olugirl144/26/2026, 8:50:47 PM

Wiki linked

Yann2/4/2026, 7:34:42 PM

/* Painting */ 1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg

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/* Etymology */Added a hyperlink to 'English'

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