Peter

Tickybox!

I grew out of 'boy' a decade or so ago, but would still hesitate to call myself 'man'; not so much due to a genuine doubt that I'm 'properly' grown up, more just because for most of my life 'man' has been a word for people in the generation above me.

Fortunately, of course, modern English is equipped with in-between words such as 'bloke' which don't carry a particular connotation of either maturity or the lack thereof. But I think I wouldn't even use those spontaneously; in contexts where any of these words might be appropriate I tend to use 'person' (e.g. I'm the kind of person who ...).

I suppose if gender was directly relevant to whatever point I was making, I'd go for 'man' before 'boy', and if somebody else called me 'man' I'd feel only a slight incongruity easily suppressed whereas 'boy' would give me worse cognitive dissonance. So I can't quite justify refusing to vote. But none the less, tickybox.