In article <ebrown-2311962242340001 at jenkintown3.access1.dh.i-2000.net>, ebrown at i
-2000.com (Ellie Brown) writes:
>Last week I attended a joint meeting of AWIS (Association for Women in
>Science) and SWE (Society for Women Engineers) where the discussion topic
>was Gender Equity in the Classroom. One thread involved the perceived
>meaning of words such as "mankind" or the generic pronoun "he". The women
>in this group were generally between 30 and 60 years old, and almost all
>said that they had always felt included by these terms. What we finally
>agreed was the more relevant question is "How did the boys in our
>elementary school classes view these terms?"
>>Does anyone here have any insight they would care to share?
>>Ellie Brown
>ebrown at i-2000.com> I think it is a necessity that all writers use language that reflects gender
equity. I too have noticed surprise when I read manuscripts that do this.
It is very telling. In fact, I would recommend that writings use she
exclusively, at least for some period of time.
Barbara Benson
bb02 at lehigh.edu, bnbenson at cedarcrest.edu
