I think it's much ado about nothing. From the readings, a sociologist asserts "'Girl' is an infantilizing term for women". It isn't that objective, as the Times spokeswoman notes that girl is a purely subjective style choice.
Unless the sociologist was being redundant, the connotation that the sociologist implies is "it's degrading". That is an opinion because I could say girl and mean it in a positive or endearing sense. And that is how also alot of men use it, where Jackson Katz is bothered by the "use of the word by men" - something she has little idea of overall. But her opinion is influenced by positional faculty of being an author and expert on the prevention of gender-based violence. What bearing does that have in reality overall? For example, when a male friend says to another male friend, "Did you see those hot girls?". That's a good thing!
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