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From: mason@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Mason)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: is prejudice in the language?
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Date: Fri, 2-Sep-83 09:42:56 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  2 09:42:56 1983
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Sarah Groves asks a good question: " Do you also use the phrase `male fireman'
..."
The answer (although I wasn't the direct object of the question) is yes,
sometimes.  I wonder how significant it could be if just everyone who
subscribes to this group were to start using "male xxxx" or "female xxxx"
wherever appropriate.  I for one plan to attempt to use the terms whenever I
am not referring to the generic.

 -- Gandalf's flunky Hobbit --   Dave Mason, U. Toronto CSRG,
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