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From: chabot@amber.DEC (l s chabot)
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Subject: Re: Re: Gender-Specific Pronouns (and "a
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Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 10:03:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 21 10:03:14 1985
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James Jones  ==  >
> Please, PLEASE, can *ANYONE* provide non-anecdotal evidence that using "he"
> as the generic third person singular pronoun does horrible damage to women and
> encourages nasty, sexist behavior and thought patterns? What is valid about
> said claim, as opposed to my saying "Well, gee, I'm male, so I guess I'm just
> generic--not like women, they're special. 
...
> Yes, and it sounds just as ignorant when the famous do it as when you and I do
> it. This is not a question of the Lords (or Ladies) of Grammar thundering
> forth, ... 

How nice, Mr Jones, of you to put "Ladies" in parenthesis! where of course they
belong, as it is terribly unlikely to find women in the public life, including
the profession of grammarian or the hobby of usenet-thunderer.

Yes, women treasure their "special" status--special because they're entitled to
equal work for up to 90% of equal pay in so many places, because they're
entitled to have a credit rating dependent upon that of a relevant spouse, ...
ah! the "special" life.

L S Chabot
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