No, I said women in the field. Then I commented that /girls/ that I know. (people who are 17, 18, years old, which, if you're still living off your parents etc, you're still a boy or a girl)
I feel that even at my age, I am still a "girl" rather then a "women" personally.
Not sure if they attached it 'easily', but that comment was squarely sexist in my book. Even if it was well intentioned.