From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!menlo70!nsc!katic@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: sexist language Article-I.D.: nsc.206 Posted: Wed Jul 28 17:01:18 1982 Received: Fri Jul 30 01:39:09 1982 Andy T's item about fishers reminded me of an cute story (true) i heard a while back. It seems that there was a foundary where castings were made. It was one persons' job to remove the casting from under the pour spout with a lond handled hook, thus the job description "hookers." When women started applying for joba, the factory management refused to change the job name because the union insisted on it while the union refused because it was in the contract that way. katic (....!nsc!katic)