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Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 27-Oct-83 21:26:21 EST
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uok!bsouther    Oct 26 01:30:00 1983

Re: perpetuating stereotypes

I don't know what anyone else's opinions on this matter are, but it
seems to me that using 'she' in place of 'he' in documentation shows
an affirmative attitude toward female "users" in an environment.
Granted, the stereotype has been toward the "operates-but-doesn't-think"
type, but I think that to those of us on the inside of the business
have already discarded this stereotype for the more careful (paranoid)
"operates-and-is-damn-good-too--better-watch-out-for-your-job" assumption.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but at least here (at OU) there is very little dis-
tinction between male and female programmers that I can see.  As a
matter of opinion, I seem to have noticed that a larger percentage of
my classes are female now as a Senior then four years ago when I started.
Fewer of them dropping out, or more of them coming in?  Who cares?  I
must admit that I am now more likely to go to classes due to class
composition then in previous years.  Call me sexist, but I'd rather
be in an environment where I'm surrounded by women.
			Flames?

			JPO Brad Southers
			Oklahoma University
			uok!bsouther