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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Sexless language
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 16:31:06 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 16:31:06 1985
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Summary: Ask the right question



The question is not, can there be sexism without sexist linguistic
constructions?  The answer to that is obviously yes.  The question is,
can sexism be eliminated while retaining sexist constructions?