bb02 at Lehigh.EDU wrote:
: 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?
i can honestly say that i personally have never felt excluded by these
terms either. however, i do see the problem in addressing my class of 7th
graders. i mean, there's no really good term for adolescent women except
girls, and that's been turned into a demeaning term. i find myself
calling the class guys, as a gender neutral term... and it kinda scares
me. i think my awareness of this problem is a first step, but i have a
ways to go on this as do many of my teaching colleagues...
ann marie :)
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