[ta92929]

The strangest part of that article is this:

  I understand how ingrained the “guys” habit might be for 
  some of you. It was for me. After several months of 
  concerted, conscious effort, I still slip and say it on oc-
  casion.

So even the author herself used the word with completely gender neutral intent, but then she insists that others can't. It's like she's looking for reasons to be offended.

[grkvlt]

Not really. She is conciously trying not to use it, and admits to accidentally slipping up when she reverts to unconciously choosing biased terms. She seems to want others to do the same thing, and think about the words they are using, and their potential impact, which is a Good Thing generally.

[raindev]

What the author is trying to say is that this label is deeply ingrained into our cultural stereotypes but we should strive try to change the situation.

[ionforce]

A lot of people are looking to be offended these days.

[Retra]

That's been true since forever. It's just now that people are offended about things like word choice rather than race, gender, religion, or parents, occupation, etc.

Either way, that's no excuse to stop thinking about things.