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Probably because people have been using it since the 90s for either gender. Same with dude. I was in high school over a decade ago but back then I remember dude and guys being gender neutral, both guys and girls used it that way. Funnily enough this same conversation was happening back then too among my peers, and we all agreed it was already gender neutral at the time.
ah fair... we used dudette cos it's funny but i get the point...
guess i never thought about it much cos i jumped on the chance to be encouraged to use all the sillier alternatives at work etc haha