Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!aero-c!nadel From: farmerl@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (lisa ann farmer) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Gendered pronouns Message-ID: <14639@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Date: 1 May 91 23:55:30 GMT References: Sender: news@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU Reply-To: handel!farmerl@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU (lisa ann farmer) Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 23 Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org Status: R Originator: nadel@aerospace.aero.org In article muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes: > >For example, how would people feel if "xx" was the genderless pronoun in >sentences like: > >"I was out at a party last night and met this wonderful person. Xx said >xx'd call me next week." > >Do you care about the gender of the speaker or the person being referred >to? Why or why not? I love this idea! I think there are so many positive things to come from it. One particular example ( I am thinking of it because there was so much contro- versy on this campus about gay/lesbian/bisexual week) would be that if you do meet someone of the same sex you would not have to "come out" to someone that you didn't want to or if you were talking about your S.O. etc. Most of the time it isn't important whether the person you are talking about is a male or female; all it does is put preconceived notions into someone's head! And while we are on the subject, does anyone have a good phrase to replace "you guys" when talking to a group of people? I don't like "folks" because it just isn't me. Lisa farmerl@handel.cs.colostate.edu