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Subject: Re: 'woman' as an adjective - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 23:52:58 EST
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inmet!porges    Feb  8 18:30:00 1984

	My personal, unverifiable impression is that using "woman" rather
than "female" (as in "woman doctor") stems from the following abstract
conversation, from about 1970:

A:  I went to a lady doctor and she said.....
B:  NO! NO! You don't say "lady" any more, now you say "woman". [Women's
	room, ....]
A:  OK, I went to a woman doctor and she said....

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