Please don't call me baby.

I promise that I will try to steer clear of "this kind" of post for a while. No one likes to read this stuff all of the time. Therefore, I will try to make this one the last one for as long as possible.
Okay. I have another slight issue that I need to throw out there. This issue has been plaguing me for some time, but it really came to anger me even more last week (slow to update, I know). I really, really, really do not appreciate being referred to as "girl" or "baby" or "darlin" or other diminutive terms. Do you hear of young men being called "boy" or other such demeaning "titles" on a regular basis? I don't, but that could just be me. While out at a restaurant with my family last weekend, our server continually referred to my sister, me, my mother, and my aunt as "girls," "baby," or "babe." EWW. Aside from the serious ewww factor of creepiness, I felt extremely offended. My father was "Sir" but we were not even referred to as adults (which we all are, by more than 4 years). Do I want to be referred to as "woman?" No. But I do not wish to be degraded to child status either. If age is not obvious, please, please do not "down grade." Whatever happened to respectful yet still vague terms such as "young lady," "Miss," or even "Ma'am?" I try not to ask for much; just please, don't refer to me as a child.
TaTa for now!