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Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: re guys, women, etc
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 12:09:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 18 12:09:57 1985
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>>"C'mon guys and women, let's go have a beer" is absurd in the extreme.
> 
>How about "C'mon folks, let's go have a beer" or "C'mon, let's have a beer"?
> 
>If you look, there are always words to replace male-oriented words like "guys".
>I like "folks" myself, but I'm sure that there are others.

Ahh!  But you miss (or avoid) the point.  The phrase "guys and women"
was intentionally chosen to contrast the two words (I know because I
wrote it).  What if all the persons involved were women?  Would you
still say "C'mon folks, ..."?  Would you say "C'mon women, ..."?
-- 
All opinions are mine alone...

Charlie Sorsby
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