[net.nlang] In search of a sexless pronoun.

frye@cuuxa.UUCP (frye) (07/11/85)

Lately, I have been able to control the habit (at least to
a certain degree) of assuming the sex of a subject when
reading text. I try to read with enough comprehension to
assume, from the text, whether or not sex is even relevent
in the instance given. If the author is one of those people
who throws in an occasional he/she I find that a help. I do
not find that clumsy. I just take it as a sign that the author
didn't think the sex of the subject was important without even
really thinking he or she. I think people will get used to 
any sane idea on this topic if given half a chance.















She told me she thought I was Buysexual!?!?
That's 'cause I'm so ugly, if I want it I have to buy it.
She may be right (sigh) I've always had to sneak up on a
glass of water to get a drink.



T. R. Frye