[net.nlang] 'woman' as an adjective

porges@inmet.UUCP (02/10/84)

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inmet!porges    Feb  8 18:30:00 1984

	My personal, unverifiable impression is that using "woman" rather
than "female" (as in "woman doctor") stems from the following abstract
conversation, from about 1970:

A:  I went to a lady doctor and she said.....
B:  NO! NO! You don't say "lady" any more, now you say "woman". [Women's
	room, ....]
A:  OK, I went to a woman doctor and she said....

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amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) (02/13/84)

My wife, who has impeccable feminist credentials, often uses "lady"
where I would use "woman".

				John Hobson
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