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  7. Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:07:00 PST
  8. Sender:       "Psychology Graduate Students Discussion Group List"
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  10. From:         lindberg@PSYCH.SSCNET.UCLA.EDU
  11. Subject:      Sexism and language a la Preferential T
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  14.      Don,
  15.      According to Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English
  16. Language, female IS a noun ["A human being of the sex which becomes pregnant
  17. and gives birth to young"  (sic!!!)].
  18.      Perhaps the definition tells us something about the way females are
  19. viewed in society?
  20.      Is the Pope Catholic?
  21.           Nangel
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