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Subject: Re: tracking
Rodney wrote:
<< I actually used men and women rather than male 
and female, then rewrote it because of the awkward 
way it seemed to read. >>

I know this seems awkward, and I've just decided in the last year or so to do
it anyway.  When I was whining about this to a professor of mine, she said
she struggled with it too until she thought about how the phrase "woman
doctor" does not sound strange to our Ear.  I guess in gender studies, it's
just becoming okay to use "woman" and "man" as adjectives, as we are used to
doing with "male" and "female."  Kind of the same awkwardness as the "she or
he" thing, but necessary nonetheless.  :)

Ivy Kennelly
U Georgia