> ... invalidate my statement by dismissing me as hypersensitive

I wasn't trying to invalidate your statement, just pointing out that, to me, it is hypersensitive. You might disagree.

  > Addressing an adult human using a child's label is condescending, period

However, you have to base your argument on something other than "I said so". That makes your comment just a statement rather than an argument.

  > I certainly don't appreciate being called a boy ...

The question here is not what person X likes or does not like as a form of address but if such an address can be used in general, in any context.

  > comments here have used the words men and girls

On the men vs. girls issue, I wonder what you think of my comments above.