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Subject:Re: Gender biais From:James Perkins <perkins -at- TELE -dot- NOKIA -dot- FI> Date:Fri, 4 Aug 1995 17:55:08 +0300
> A couple of weeks ago, in a column of the Gazette (Montreal) devoted to
> language, the author suggests that if there are enough people who use "it"
> instead of "he or she" or "he/she", the practice will eventually be
> adopted by everyone.
> Does anyone have any opinion about the proposed solution?
Very silly. It sounds like the behaviour of a bureaucracy, turning
everyone into things instead of retaining their humanity.
James Perkins Phone: +358 0 5112 3648
Nokia Telecommunications Fax: +358 0 5112 3876
P.O. Box 33 Email: perkins -at- tele -dot- nokia -dot- fi
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