Why does this older man keep calling me a girl?

I work with this older man and tbh I don't like him that much, I have noticed something he keeps calling me girl,
Like well done girl, good girl, and such, and I feel like I cringe like I feel that i am a woman not a girl,
Is this normal? Should I stop working with him?

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Poppies · 61-69, F

It sounds patronizing.
What would happen if you would call him "Old Man"? Would you get in trouble? If he objected, could you "jokingly" explain that if he is going to call you Girl, you are going to call him Old Man?

Collegegirl23 · 31-35, F

@Poppies I started ignoring him recently and he started saying my name but I plan to stop working with him

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Poppies · 61-69, F

@RogueLoner she's youthful, and my assumption is that he is not. Anyway she now seems to have found her own solution.

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Poppies · 61-69, F

@RogueLoner yes indeed!

Collegegirl23 · 31-35, F

@RogueLoner he is black!

Collegegirl23 · 31-35, F

@Poppies in professional settings I prefer men to call me by my first name he doesn't call other people girll so why me? It's so weird and creepy

Poppies · 61-69, F

@Collegegirl23 yes it is weird that he singles you out.