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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: they vs it vs he vs she
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 16:48:53 EDT
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> There are plenty of words ending in "man" that have no good equivalent.
> Such as "human".  (Oh, NOW I'm going to get flamed!  :-) )

No flame here, but you're right.  We once had a great time evolving
a friend's name:

	Beckerman		sexist - "man"
	Beckerperson		sexist - "son"
	Beckerperchild		ageist - "child"
	Beckerperoffspring	cumbersome
	Beckerit		finally!

On the other hand, there *are* reasonable replacements for a lot
of words that are objectionable (some or all of these have been suggested
in others' postings):

	chairman	=> chair (actually an old form)
	postman		=> letter carrier (their official job title)
	draftsman	=> drafter

Many of these seem awkward at first, but they quickly become "normal".
Try for a while and see!

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Ed Gould		    mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA  94710  USA
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