[manfredo]

Plenty of women have told me they don't think "guys" is gendered at all. Most (all?) of the women in my office use it irrespective of gender.

Maybe it's because you're asserting your anecdotal experience as truth, when it's not at all representative of most other people's experience.

[caddemon]

Another personal anecdote, but not only do I consider "guys" gender neutral, but I found it kind of alienating when a few people clearly stopped saying "guys" shortly after I joined the team. I was the only woman on the team that summer (internship), and I think they were just trying to be nice, but I don't like when attention is called to gender in the workplace. The more (actively) aware I am of being "different", the more it impacts interactions.

[azinman2]

I never said all (or even most!) women feel this way, I said 'you'd be surprised at the number'.