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From: stevens@teklabs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: genderless speech faux pas
Message-ID: <2326@teklabs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Aug-83 18:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 11 18:08:00 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Aug-83 14:35:24 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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I recently had an appointment with a new doctor.  I didn't know at the
time whether he was male or female.  Well, a lady walked into the room'
I was in and I said "Are you Dr. Smith?"  She was highly insulted because
she thought I was making allusions that she was not feminine.  She didn't
believe that I didn't realize that the doctor was male.  Draw your own
conclusions.

Steve Silberberg