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From: softech@micomvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Net Language Use (what, again?)
Message-ID: <197@micomvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Aug-83 13:14:41 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 20 13:14:41 1983
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	Here we go again, Rosemarie... Don't you people out there think there
are much more important issues at stake than flaming about MAN-MONTHs and the
like? I mean, would WOMAN-MONTH be better? Or, as many would suggest,
PERSON-MONTH ? Who cares anyway?  (In MAN-MONTH, I think the term MAN refers
to the *species*, not the sex). Why get annoyed at such trivia? 


	"I am so very tired of being left out. Don't I count?"
	"Does my sex exclude me from being a contributor to"
	"technical areas, the work force, and someone in need?"


	There, there, Rosemarie, of course you count. Just because we men
don't always EXPLICITLY mention the other gender(s) doesn't mean we don't
take them into account. I agree that many of these language twists are
learned, and that as such they could be un-learned. But are they a REAL
threat ? I mean, just because you *feel* threatened (or left out, or
whatever) doesn't mean that there *is* such a threat (or will to leave you
out). On the other hand, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean other
people don't laugh at you behind your back...

	Victimizing yourself and women in general about little things like this
would have many men question the true grit the women's movement is supposed
to be made of. I don't see Margaret Thatcher whining about how unfair the
world is: she just went out there and grabbed the whole bag of jelly beans
right under the nose of all those male chauvinist politicians. And that, to
me, is what its all about: you want something bad enough, you just reach out
and get it.
	

Quickly diving into my asbestos bunker,

Richard "I love 'em all" Blouin

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