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From: rld@pyuxnn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: generic pronouns revisited - a personal tale
Message-ID: <129@pyuxnn.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 17:05:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: pyuxnn.129
Posted: Thu Sep 29 17:05:10 1983
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway
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>>			"At this time the system's user has two choices.
>>			"He can either ....
>>	Try using "she" instead. ...

A few years ago I seem to remember being told NOT to refer to the system's user
as a "she", since it showed that you thought [perpetuated the stereotype that]
computer operators [data entry clerk types] were women, or worse, "girls".

>>>>> Bob Duncanson, AT&T Bell Laboratories, eagle!pyuxnn!rld <<<<<