Well, I don't mind 'love' as where I come from it's used for everyone, male
or female! Perhaps it's a regional dialect thing. Note: 'hen' is
gender-specific too. Do Scottish archivists have the same problem?!
Anne
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Sent: 04 August 2000 11:51
To: Locker, Anne; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: gender again...
Move to the north east for the opportunity to be regularly addressed as
"pet" (yes, really - not just another stereotype!)
Liz Rees
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> From: Locker, Anne <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: gender again...
> Date: 04 August 2000 09:15
>
> Another addition to Jenny Moran's points:
>
> I agree that a lot of researchers assume that the archivist is a man
(when
> all the staff in our department are women). It does seem to be a
> generational thing, though. It is mainly older people, especially men,
who
> address their letters with 'Dear Sir' (although this is a convention).
Some
> continue to address me as 'Dear Sir' even when I've replied, and as my
name
> is Anne and my title is Mrs it's hard to see where the confusion arises.
>
> Also, no younger researchers have addressed me (on the phone) as
'darlin',
> for which I am supremely grateful.
>
> Anne Locker
> (Assistant Archivist)
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