Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women Subject: Re: Gender-specific responses to s/he Message-ID: <855@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 03:33:50 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.855 Posted: Fri Jan 4 03:33:50 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Jan-85 23:46:07 EST References: <1315@dciem.UUCP> <643@bunker.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Blue Mouse Trailer Resort, Hellmouth, CA Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.nlang:2319 net.women:3967 > 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. > > Gary Samuelson > ittvax!bunker!garys Not really. The study overlooked experimenting with "they", so we don't know what the subjective effect of that usage is. Despite popular belief, there is nothing wrong with using "they" with a singular antecedent. ("he/she" "s/he" and "he or she" sound clumsy to me). -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam "Everything you know is wrong"