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"Jacqueline A. Lott" wrote:
>
> > I was going to post a long rant against feminism, but let me just
> > summarize by saying that men don't object to the use of a generic "she"
> > nearly as much as feminists object to the use of a generic "he".
>
> Okay, then let me post a short rant.  I hate reading technical writing, only
> to come across the use of a generic "she," when I know it's only placed
> there in the hopes that the text will appear more politically correct.
>
> As a woman, I don't feel cheated, left out, and victimized.  Some would
> argue that that's because I'm young and the good fight was fought by
> my bra-burning ancestresses ("ancestors" sounds so exclusionary...).
> I argue that it's because I don't make excuses for myself.  If I need to
> work harder than a man to make myself at least look equal, then fine -
> it's better for me in the long run as a person.  What's more, I hate
> whiners.
>
> Maybe it is my background in other languages, as has been discussed,
> that allows me to so easily utilize "he" for generalizations.  Maybe it's
> just that I think people should get over it and write the language the
> way it's traditionally been written.
>
> Jacqueline A. Lott
> (the "A." doesn't stand for "Anne," it stands for "Anti-Femi-Nazi")



Oh my gosh, a kindred spirit.  Thanks for taking the words right out of
my mouth, and femi-nazis be damned!

Phoebe
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Phoebe M. Fuentes                                      chrysalis@acm.org
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