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[Andrew L. Gould]

On Sunday 23 November 2003 10:08 am, Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Sunday 23 November 2003 10:29 am, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > Yes, we have come a long way since Jimmy Carter's administration made
> > contractors change "manhole cover" to "person hole cover" in Federal
> > bids. I was also pleased to hear Jimmy Carter call Eric the Red a great
> > "Norse person."
> >
> > In this same vein, there are recent reports that coed, he and she are
> > too limited for our society, failing to reflect the full gender identity
> > spectrum. People who use he/she in their writing to be politically
> > correct will have to reconsider this practice.
> >
> > People have also complained about those symbols on the bathrooms showing
> > a women with a skirt. This offends some, since many women think that
> > skirts are demeaning. And, I suppose, Scotsmen might be confused, too. I
>
> You mean "Scots person".............................^^^^^^^^

Actually, "Scotsmen" is politically adequate (or, "PA", as I like to 
say!  ;-) ) here, as he is excluding the women.  Unless, that it, if he is 
implying that both Scotsmen and Scotswomen would be confused as to whom to 
expect in the skirt-symbolled restroom.  If this is the case, then we might 
be able to attribute the first unisex restroom to the Scots.  (So why do the 
call them unisex if both sexes are allowed?)

Andrew Gould