[Lexicog] stereotypical beliefs and lexicography

[Chaz and Helga Mortensen]

No, I personally do not consider these sexist. Most words in and of 
themselves are not sexist. What is sexist is calling women who are 
secretaries "girls", saying things like "little lady" and "women can't 
do..." and soforth.

-Chaz

On Feb 22, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Fritz Goerling wrote:

> Could you conceive of marking certain words as "sexist" in a general 
> dictionary which are considered as "sexist"
> by certain people, like:
>   
> mankind, man-made, manpower, manslaughter, manhole
>  
> Fritz Goerling
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