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From: tracy@hcrvx1.UUCP (Tracy Tims)
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Subject: Re: Gender-specific responses to s/he
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Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 19:34:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  4 19:34:48 1985
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	... 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.

	Gary Samuelson, ittvax!bunker!garys

Somehow I suspect that if the test was run using "she" as well we'd find
that women could relate even better to that.   I prefer the form that gives
everyone an even chance.  Writing the "he/she" form is not descrimination
against men, it is simply non-preferential treatment.

                              Tracy Tims    {linus,allegra,decvax}!watmath!...
   Human Computing Resources Corporation                     {ihnp4,utzoo}!...
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  416 922-1937                   ...hcr!hcrvx1!tracy