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In article <1990Oct27.185050.23933@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>Dave Hare <deghare@lady.waterloo.edu> writes:
>DH> Linda Carson recently posted an exposition on the effects and costs of 
>DH> sexual stereotyping in language.  It was very clear and well stated, 
>DH> and concluded with:
>
>LC> It takes an effort to strip sexual stereotyping from language. But it's
>LC> not rocket science, folks. It's important, and it's worth the effort.
>
>DH> This, I submit, is the major problem that women face in trying to attain
>DH> equality:  Men insist on being the arbiters of what is important to women.
>
>All right, so maybe Brad can't decide, nor can Naji, nor me.  But does Linda
>represent all women?  Do we know how most women feel about this issue?  Has
>anyone ever done any surveys with any sort of statistical validity?

Why does it matter?  If some women are offended by the use of "he",
why not choose another form of phrasing?  It's not hard to do.

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