From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!lanl-a!jlg
Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women
Title: Re: Sexism and non-sexist language
Article-I.D.: lanl-a.298
Posted: Mon May  9 17:49:30 1983
Received: Thu May 19 08:40:56 1983
References: ecn-pa.870

Well, this is pretty tiring.  This discussion has been going on for the 
entire time that I have been reading the network news.  So far no one has
an altered opinion or even a new approach to the issue.  I don't think I'll
read any more notes that are posted to BOTH net.nlang and net.women.

For the record -- I am one of those who would not like to see the language
change, not at least until the current generation of kids raised under the
equal rights era have grown and added thier input (pun intended).  If we 
make the wrong changes to the language we will be stuck with them.  On the
other hand, if the issue is not really linguistic it may dissapear by itself.

                                        J.L. Giles
                                        (...!utah-cs!lanl-a!jlg)


P.S.   Besides, what are the women complaining about?  They have had
thier own pronouns for years.  Men have been stuck with pronouns that
also are genderless.  Why not invent a new set of pronouns that refer
to men only and keep the present set only for their genderless use.
That way official titles,  job descriptions, and laws need not be changed
except where they refer directly to the distinction of gender.
       -- Just an idea.  New to this discussion anyway.