Male/female/other

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> I suppose that since there's only -two- instances in which this is an
> issue, it really doesn't matter.  And since they're in the wordy
> introduction rather than the "real" manual, it matters even less.  But,
> having introduced this matter here, I'd like to get his resolved.  :)
> 
> 
> (these examples originally used male pronouns; I'd already changed
> them to female)
> 
> 
> Reword these sentences as you see fit, and we'll pick which one
> we like the best.
> 
> "Engraving was a highly specialized skill, a craftsman had
> to complete around five years of training before she could
> be a master engraver."

I think that hand-engraving dates from the time that women did not
participate much in professional life, so I find this sentence rather
awkward.


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