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From: mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: is prejudice in the language? - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 12-Sep-83 23:34:49 EDT
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uiucdcs!mcewan    Sep 12 21:57:00 1983

Maybe I'm different from everyone else, but I don't parse "fireman" as
"fire-man", I just think of it as one word. Yes, I usually picture a
man when confronted with "fireman", but that's because I'm conditioned
to think of firefighting as a male profession. I also tend to think
male when I hear "doctor" or "engineer" (although to a lesser extent,
since I know women doctors and engineers).
I think most people who use the phrase "female fireman" would also
say "female doctor".