RE: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?

Subject: RE: Gender neutral - any new developments in your neck of the woods?
From: eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:38:26 -0500




>>I would never agree to a gender-neutral
>>"he". Not because I feel strongly against it, but because in
>>any large readership, some of the readers are likely to feel
>>offended and there's no use trying to explain that they're
>>wrong to feel that way.

So, it's all right to then offend others in the audience by using 'she'. What a
lark.

The self confidence lacking, self victimization members of the audience are
certainly more defensible than any of the troglodytes you might find arguing the
opposite. But what of those that have non-sexist, non-derogatory objections?

Eric L. Dunn



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