From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: Genderless pronouns and non-sexist writing
Article-I.D.: watarts.1796
Posted: Thu Apr 28 10:33:25 1983
Received: Fri Apr 29 00:01:11 1983
Reply-To: bernie@watarts.uucp (Bernie Roehl)
References: yale-com.1374

...and as for the use of terms like "mailperson", I suggest we find new
terms entirely rather than simply turning the "-man" suffix into "-person".
"Mail Carrier" and "Fire Fighter" are not only non-sexist, they are also
far more descriptive of the job being performed.
				--Bernie Roehl
				...decvax!watmath!watarts!bernie