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From: janel@uo-vax1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Replacement for he/she
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Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 15:57:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 12 15:57:00 1984
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Nf-From: uo-vax1!janel    Feb  8 12:57:00 1984


>I vote for using 'HE'!!!  That is standard english usage an there is
>no reason to change.


One reason to change should be obvious!  There are a number of 'she'
people around who are NOT included in standard english usage.  Perhaps
you don't think that is a problem, and that women should be invisible
in mixed-gender references in our language.  If you feel the choice of
gender pronoun is trivial, try changing all 'he' references to 'she' and
see how reading it makes you feel.

                                           --Jane Laursen
                                             .../uoregon/janel