Re: Abolish antisexism rules! Long live the equivalence of people!
Antti-Juhani writes:
> BTW, if you're having problems with he's and she's, learn and use
> Finnish! We have no such problems: everybody's just a `hän' (he/she) and
> an `ihminen' (man as a species, but not man as a gender), independent of
> her gender.
Or do as Feynman did in his textbooks: randomly switch back and forth
between 'he' and 'she'. BTW, the phrases "man as a gender" and "her
gender" have no meaning. The phrases you want are "male as a sex" and "her
sex". Words have gender. people have sex.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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