Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!gateway From: scholl@uvmark.uucp (Kathryn Scholl) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Gendered pronouns Message-ID: <1991May03.184454.72749@uvmark.uucp> Date: 7 May 91 17:28:33 GMT References: Organization: Vmark Software, Inc. Lines: 27 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: blanche.ics.uci.edu In article mlm@cs.brown.EDU writes: > > For example, how would people feel if "xx" was the genderless pronoun in > sentences like: > > [1] "My boss walked by my office today, and xx commented on how tight my > t-shirt was." > > [2] "I have this great resume on my desk. I think we should talk to xx." > > [3] "I was out at a party last night and met this wonderful person. Xx said > xx'd call me next week." > > [4] "I just talked to Pat and xx said xx'd have the last bug fixed by > tomorrow." > > (In this last example, assume that the person is referencing themself, > not some other person who will be fixing the bug.) For each of these examples, I could (and have), used the word(s) "they/them". I have used it intentionally when wanting to not mention the gender. It works. -- Kathryn Scholl ..uunet!merk!uvmark!scholl