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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (6497)	9/30/1999 11:54:00 AM
From: Lisa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Lizzie, What the hell are you talking about..I am reading these mindless posts..and I have no clue as to what the problem is here.Ladies are Ladies untill their biological structure is changed..lets get on with some discussion...Lisa

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (6497)	9/30/1999 12:33:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

If I might step in here for a moment, I am most definitely a businesswoman and a professional. In a professional context I do not find the use of the word "lady" to be appropriate. When I chaired a professional group--I was the first woman to do so--I rejected "chairperson" out of hand and opted for "chairwoman." "Chairlady" never even occurred to me. Yet in a social context it can be extraordinarily appropriate. One of the nice things said to me on my birthday thread was that I am a lady. It was said by a woman. And we still use the expression "a great lady" as a term of enormous respect. It's the context, not merely the word, that should indicate whether it is being used to belittle or to express respect. IMO.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (6497)	9/30/1999 12:45:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

By the way, I didn't say "social circles", which might have had more of a snobbish ring, I said "the circles one hangs in". You and truedog were insulting each other, I just objected to your blanket statement. I agree that there are circumstances when it is inappropriate, I disagree that it is inappropriate in all circumstances....I am sorry if it were a cheap shot, but it is unusual not to know the Washington Monument, even if you do not live in this part of the country, it is one of the cliche images for DC. As for the Lincoln Memorial, it is the scene of several important historical events, and is familiar to many people either through documentary footage, or the movies. Marian Anderson sang there, after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the DAR; Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech in front of it; one or two big anti-Vietnam protests were held in front of it, such as the one portrayed in Forrest Gump; Mr. Smith went there first, when he "Went To Washington". I really was surprised....