jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.edu (Jennifer Mary Doyle) (03/23/89)
All the responses to my previous article reminded me of something. Here at Princeton, we have student computer consultants who work shifts at the various computing centers on campus helping users in distress. They are trained at the main computer center here, and part of their training involves reading a certain handbook. In the handbook, the default pronoun is *she*. Admittedly, the overwhelming majority of consultants here are male, but this forces people to consider the possibility of female consultants too. When it comes up so often, you have to think about it. Jen p.s. As soon as email and postings die down, I'll post a list of terms for "freshman". -- It's nice to know that when the whole world seems crazy, | Blair /\ /\ you have friends who make it seem sane in comparison. | Arch ||_____|| Jen Princeton `92 jmdoyle@phoenix.princeton.EDU | ----> | _ | Disclaimer: I am a student, I represent the future. | |__( )__|