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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
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Subject: Re: "he or she" - a grammatical problem solved
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 11:09:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 11:09:40 1986
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> > > ... Why don't we simply do away with pretentions that
> > > grammatical gender has anything to do with the social problems
> > > of sex
> > > discrimination? Or is that equally unrealistic...

> > I, for one, think that it *does* have something to do with sex
> > discrimination.
> >
> > Dana S. Nau
 
> What would it take to convince you otherwise?
>  
> Laura Creighton		

Laura, you can't seriously believe that there is *no* relationship
between grammatical and socio-political sexism.  You could question
how great the correlation is, whether it represents cause-and-effect,
or whether it's worth doing anything about it (socially, politically,
or linguistically).  But no man in his right mind would say that
there is no relationship between the two.  See what I mean?
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