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From: debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: The Great Sexist Language Debate
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 11:23:41 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 11:23:41 1985
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>>the real problem is and always has been one of perception, not merely what
>>letters a word is composed of.
> 
>     The trouble with `man' is one of MEANING, not spelling, as you suggest.
>     `Man' has two meanings, one, as in `men's room', the other as in `all
>     men are created equal'. 
> 
>     And the problem is permanent, or will remain as long as `man' can be
>     perceived as `male, not female'. 
> 
Gad!  I wonder what I'll do with my Walkman!

:-) (Sorry, I couldn't resist ... flames to /dev/null, please.)
-- 
Saumya Debray
SUNY at Stony Brook

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