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From: deb@uiucuxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Net Language Use (flame) - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 7-Aug-83 04:36:57 EDT
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uiucuxc!deb    Aug  5 08:47:00 1983

the real question is: does an implied/inferred reference to "men only"
stop you from responding even if you are capable of supplying a valid
response?

if it does, then you are equivalently guilty of continuing the "gender
gap."  i have a hunch that the outrage you mentioned keeps a lot of
women from responding, a lot of the time.  language is a process of
evolution.  it doesn't always evolve quickly, it doesn't always evolve
the way we think it should, it sometimes reaches a particular state
of evolution before we're ready for it, etc., etc.  although language
is used as one means to express ideas, it is not synonymous with ideas.
women must find positive ways to continue changing ideas and stop
spending so much energy being outraged at language.

sure, i get outraged/disturbed sometimes.  and it's sometimes mandatory
for mental health reasons to let that outrage loose.... as long as it
doesn't take too much of my time.

debbie
uiucuxc!deb