[Ads-l] gender-neutral pronoun???

[Mark Mandel]

Interesting possibility, that. Unlikely, but interesting.

Mark


On Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 9:16 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com> wrote:

> It looks like a typo to me, though it is also possible that the patient is
> a female by sex and male by gender. BB
>
> > On 27 Apr 2018, at 11:18, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, a bit odd unless they really are specifically looking for a (male)
> nurse interested in hosting an adult female client.  Shouldn’t be hard to
> find, depending on the predilections and ethics of the individuals
> involved.
> >
> > LH
> >
> >> On Apr 27, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >>
> >> Or just a too rigorous copy-and-paste...
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 1:54 PM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> from a job-opening email:
> >>>
> >>> "We are looking for a LPN or RN interested in caring for an adult
> female
> >>> client in in his home"
>
>

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