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From: rlh@cvl.UUCP (Ralph L. Hartley)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Gender-specific responses to s/he
Message-ID: <1591@cvl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 10:37:56 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  4 10:37:56 1985
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Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland
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> > Wonderful.  So no matter how I write, I will be discriminating
> > against *somebody*, in that what I write will be harder for females
> > to grasp if I use generic terms, and harder for males to grasp if
> > I use he/she.
> > 
>
> Try using "their" whether referring to one generic person or many persons:
> it's easier to read than he/she or his/her, and is gender non-specific.

EASIER TO READ?! Don't discriminate against men or women! Discriminate
against humans!

				Ralph Hartley
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