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  2. From: kaygee@hardy.u.washington.edu (Kevin Giansante)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: Gender-neutral pronoun
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.050142.23626@u.washington.edu>
  6. Date: 18 Nov 92 05:01:42 GMT
  7. Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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  11. I think that people who use s/he are on the right track in their
  12. attempt to rectify the sexist bias that's undeniably built into the
  13. language.  The problem with s/he, however, is that it doesn't go far
  14. enough.  Although it does address the gender bias, it does nothing
  15. about the inherent HUMAN bias that leaves everything non-human
  16. (bunnies, nuclear reactors, forests, starry nights, etc.) out in the cold.
  17.  
  18. As an advocate of inanimate rights, I propose a new pronoun:
  19. s/h/it, which should cover just about everything if we push hard
  20. enough.
  21.