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From: zubbie@wlcrjs.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Hofstadter on sexism in the English language
Message-ID: <659@wlcrjs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 15:50:43 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 15:50:43 1985
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References: <3913@mit-eddie.UUCP> <3917@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Reply-To: zubbie@wlcrjs.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
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In article <3917@mit-eddie.UUCP> barry@mit-eddie.UUCP (Mikki Barry) writes:
>I too was brought up with reading books that said "See Dick run, see Jane
>watch".  It is a very tough thing to break out of.  Maybe using non
>sexist languague is a step at a solution.
>
>Mikki Barry


It would perhaps be better if we eliminated pronouns from the language
altogether. That way  we would achieve several things:
1	Sexist lumping of society into the masculine gender
2	Haveing to try and use a plural  as a singular word
3	the confusion in using they and them would not appear
4	There would never be any confusion as to 
	A	The gender refered to
	B	The person refered to.

Seems like I have heard some conversations go that way already .

......and the Barbara said that Jane said that George 
	had been sleeping with Martha and Joe was going to kick
	Marks teeth in if it continued.

I dont know though .....................

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