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From: tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: The use of '-type'
Message-ID: <503@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 12:22:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 12:22:05 1985
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In article <364@mit-vax.UUCP> csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe) writes:
>
>>What is the 'male-type' 'female-type' crap, anyway?  Has the use of
>>these ridiculous and superfluous terms been discussed before?
>>- Tim Bessie
>
>Watch TV comercials for an hour, Tim. If you still think male-types and
>female-types are outdated, passe', or a moot point, then you are merely
>being naive (no offense intended). Despite "equality" of the sexes,
>types exist and even some of the most ardent feminists I know support
>different types for men a women, just not the ones we have today.

     I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by 'type' in this
context.  Maybe its because I don't watch television.  What I was
objecting to was the use of the words 'male-type' and 'female-type'
in a context where "man," "woman," "male," or "female" might have
sufficed just as well.
     I find that many people on this net -- and programmers in general --
like to stick the suffix '-type' on virutally every word they feel someone
might object to, especially in dealing with any subject they are not
particularly comfortable with.  eg. "Well, this male-type person walks up
to me and says 'Hey baby, whatcha up to?'"  eg. "The major difference
between male-type persons and female-type persons is that female-type
persons have long hair and earings."  Now, do we REALLY need this
kind of stuff?

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