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		<title>How to Avoid Sexist Language</title>
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It may be appropriate to use sexist (or gender specific) language in a novel or religious writing, but there are very few times when you can or should appropriately identify a character, individual, or subject using only a  masculine form of the word. And, using a combination (him/her) is cumbersome.
In educational writing (course assignments or [...]]]></description>
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