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I don't know why RDA has adopted the newspeak "gender" when it is exactly sex that is intended. Gender refers to grammatical gender, etc. Masculine, feminine, neuter, when it is surely male and female that is intended by RDA. Look in any dictionary. Using gender for sex is some sort of hyperpolitical correctness. Jack Hall Manager of Cataloging Services Linguistics Librarian University of Houston Libraries Houston, TX 77204-2000 phone: 713 743 9687 fax: 713 743 9748 email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Schneider, Judith A Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Enough? : terms for gender in 375 Could we at least switch to "gender" instead of "sex". My email subjects look like something a 16 year old boy would write. Judy Schneider US GAO Applied Research & Methodology Information Services [log in to unmask] 202-512-4304