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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!manuel!vulcan.anu.edu.au!kcj
  3. From: kcj@vulcan.anu.edu.au (Kate Juliff)
  4. Subject: Use of generic terms that exclude women
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.012610.20259@newshost.anu.edu.au>
  6. Originator: kcj@vulcan.anu.edu.au
  7. Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au
  8. Organization: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
  9. Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 01:26:10 GMT
  10. Lines: 17
  11.  
  12. Some time ago, someone posted an article with an extract from
  13. a piece of work that used the word "white" where "men" would normally
  14. appear, in order to illustrate the effect of using the word "men" to
  15. include women.
  16.  
  17. Could anyone email me this?
  18.  
  19. Thanks in advance,
  20.  
  21. Kate
  22.  
  23.  
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  25. Kate Juliff                           | kcj@matilda.vut.edu.au
  26. Victoria University                   |
  27. P.O. BOX 14428,                       |
  28. MELBOURNE MAIL CENTRE, AUSTRALIA 3000 |
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