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From: lmf@drutx.UUCP (FullerL)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: A Small Victory; Not at All
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 16:05:47 EST
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I agree with Nancy on this issue and am amazed at how many people
have totally missed the point. For a group of traditionally oriented
people to realize that sexist language is a problem and do something
about it is definitely a victory. Some years ago only the most radical
of us would recognize it as an issue. It may seem trivial to some but
I've been in too many situations where women were not seen, heard or
acknowledged to consider language a non issue. (For example, a meeting of
60 people [56 men, 4 women] where generic secretaries are referred to as
she, generic engineers are referred to as he, and the meeting is closed
with that's all I have gentlemen.)

Thank you Nancy for sharing your news with us. Too bad some people took it
as an opening for attack and criticism.
		Lori Fuller  ihnp4!drutx!lmf