porges@inmet.UUCP (02/10/84)
#R:druxu:-89900:inmet:7300024:000:480 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.... -- Don Porges ...harpo!inmet!porges ...hplabs!sri-unix!cca!ima!inmet!porges ...yale-comix!ima!inmet!porges
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 AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL (312) 979-0193 ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2