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Well, at least one man on the list thought about the gender issue, but
neglected to mention it in his post. That would be me.
I agree that it would be very unlikely that a male tech writer would be
mistaken for a secretary.
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>From: Hillary M. Russak [SMTP:hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU]
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>The discussion that followed confirmed for me that many of the men on our
>list didn't see the issue as gender-related, even though many of the women
>did. I found this interesting and predictable. We have a long way to go
>ladies and gentlemen, and it starts in our own "playground."
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