Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!ora!daemon From: kelly@Solbourne.COM (kelly rise) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: "Household Engineering" Message-ID: <1991Jan15.014255.243@Solbourne.COM> Date: 15 Jan 91 16:22:49 GMT References: Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc. Lines: 20 Approved: ambar@ora.com Sorry, I don't have the original so can't credit this to the author. >There are other goals of feminism: the safeguarding of the dignity of >all women, be they workers or be they household engineers, and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Seems to me that changing the terminology here hasn't increased the status of the position. Is worker defined and/or commonly accepted to mean 'wage earners empolyed in the public or private sector'? I don't think so. I took this statement as unconsciously demeaning to homemakers. I'm not trying to flame the author, just pointing out that language is subtle. -kelly kelly@solbourne.com -- Kelly Rise kelly@Solbourne.COM ...!{boulder,sun}!stan!kelly The beatings will stop as soon as company morale improves.