Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site machaids.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!machaids!rcne 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 Lines: 30 The following was extracted from a posting in net.general, net.wanted, net.video. The name is withheld to protect the guilty. ----------------------------------------------------------- "I would like some help from the wise men of netland. ...." ------------------------------------------------------------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