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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: sexist language/bad attitudes
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 08:52:37 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 08:52:37 1985
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> Nancy Parsons:
> Again, Marcel, this is not so.  I repeat: the "small victory" was that a
> group of conservative Christians with "traditional," unsensitive attitudes
> became sesitive to the point of not only recognizing the effect of language
> on their attitudes, but of being willing to change their language.  I would
> have celebrated if they had chosen to use a "generic she," a "plural it,"
> or any outrageous thing!!!
> 
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I guess all my multiline postings
missed the point entirely. Oops! Never mind, folks

> You don't think that relearning habits of speech raises one's consciousness
> of the prevalence of sexist bias in one's culture?
> 
I now understand that your original posting cheered the raised consciousness
of a conservative group, leading to the changed language habit. I still 
feel that consciousness raising should come first, followed by some conscious
action, such as a changed language habit.

Marcel Simon