Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hcrvx1.UUCP Path: utzoo!hcrvax!hcrvx1!tracy From: tracy@hcrvx1.UUCP (Tracy Tims) Newsgroups: net.nlang,net.women Subject: Re: Gender-specific responses to s/he Message-ID: <1067@hcrvx1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 19:34:48 EST Article-I.D.: hcrvx1.1067 Posted: Fri Jan 4 19:34:48 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Jan-85 03:22:55 EST References: <1315@dciem.UUCP> <643@bunker.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto Lines: 14 ... 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