Re: PC-Manmonth

Subject: Re: PC-Manmonth
From: MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:28:37 -0700

My favorite version of this kind of thing (misunderstanding how the word was
made to begin with) is substituting "herstory" for "history".

Cheers!

Maggie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Gos [SMTP:mgos -at- LEE -dot- EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 5:18 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: PC-Manmonth
>
> Seems to me, if we REALLY want to be PC, or gender neutral (depending on
> your perspective), we must first get rid of this one offensive word I see
> in most posts. I believe it is correct to use "wo" or "woperson" in place
> of the sexist term "woman".
>
> (Tongue firmly in cheek)
>
> Seriously, at time we DO get carried away.
>
> Dr. Michael W. Gos
> Department of English and Communications
> Lee College
> Baytown, Texas 77522
> __________________________________________________
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