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- From: tovah@panix.com (Tovah Hollander)
- Newsgroups: soc.feminism
- Subject: Re: Motivations for Gender-Neutral Terminology
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 08:10:09 GMT
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- Robert H Brueckner writes:
-
- >And while I concede that this may be an important issue for some,
- >please forgive me if I don't deem it *as* important as, say, the
- >eradication of hunger, the protection of the environment, equal pay
- >for women in equal jobs, the elimination of war, the plight of the
- >homeless, or the threat of giant asteroids striking the earth.
-
- Okay, Robert, tell you what. Let's split up the work. *You* take care
- of getting rid of hunger, cleaning up the environment, equal pay, universal
- peace, and housing for all (not forgetting those asteroids), and *I*'ll
- take care that my use of language is as inclusive as possible. That way,
- none of the important problems gets ignored.
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- Tovah Hollander
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