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From: rcne@machaids.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Net Language Use (flame)
Message-ID: <421@machaids.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 09:55:04 EDT
Article-I.D.: machaids.421
Posted: Thu Aug  4 09:55:04 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Aug-83 19:13:20 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel
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The following was extracted from a posting in
net.general, net.wanted, net.video. The name is
withheld to protect the guilty.
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"I would like some help from the wise men of netland. ...."
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So this requestor wants help only from men, not the wise
women. Or is he implying that only the men are wise?

I am so very tired of being left out. Don't I count?
Does my sex exclude me from being a contributor to
technical areas, the work force, and someone in need?
Does an opinion have more value becuase it came from
a male instead of a female?

I have been sending messages to several net contributors
to point out their errors. I have seen too many items
like MAN-MONTHS. (F. Brooks is not one of my idols!)
With a little extra thought people could clean up 
their language style.  I feel that the dominance of use 
of masculine terms in lanugage is learned.
That means it can be unlearned.


Am I alone in being disturbed and outraged?

Rosemarie Newberry
machaids!rcne