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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6382)	1/19/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Alex, that's funny that you bring that up. I actually had my first term paper red/lined like crazy for using the "he" term only when writing a curriculum. It seems, at least in some parts of academia, the term he/she is the one and only correct one. Michael

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6382)	1/19/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Alex, Actually, I would prefer to resort to bad grammar than to use he/she/it, or as one wag on another thread put it, "s/he/it." I think such terminology in the interest of gender/sex-neutral (which is it, Alex?) writing/speaking is highly divisive, as is [ethnic origin]-American. When speaking of this, for some reason the word "cleave" comes to mind. I have to leave now--and quickly! Some free-floating radicals are coming at me with tar and feathers! Holly

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (6382)	1/19/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: janet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I guess if I were attempting to be graceful I would have to still go with the ' he " gender in the area of surgery and be right 90% of the time. Women tend to belong to specialties where their kindness and couselling abilities are more appreciated, such as obstetrics, family practice pediatrics internal medicine , and psychiatry. Sorry if I am a sexxist but thems the fact. When my son was in preschool they put on a little play of miss Polly had a Dolly. Well several of the girls wanted to be the doctor but the old fashioned teacher insisted that a boy had to be the doctor.