Re: Female wanted

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From: The Machman
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:54

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xylorg@milton.u.washington.edu (XyLoRg) writes:

>>>A female graduate student or a post-doctoral fellow, or a visiting
>>>scholar is wanted to a spacious two-bedroom apartment in Ballard. 
>>
>>Sorry, but gender discrimination in housing is illegal in the 
>>city of Seattle.
>
>Actually, it looks to me like the ad asks for a female grad, 
>or a post-doc male
>(fellow).  IMHO I took the ad to ask for mature persons, and not as a gender
>discrimination.

"fellow" is the term used to describe the position.  maybe it's sexist.
the biggest clue that i got that a tenant of a particular gender was
desired is the subject heading.


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