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Writing for publication can also feature sexist language (e.g., "Volunteer participants in the study consisted of 16 subjects and their wives," "The treatment group was facilitated by the experimenter and a female graduate student"). Using dated terms like women's lib and women's rights, rather than terms like feminism or human rights, can also prompt audience members to ignore an otherwise meaningful professional presentation.

For some, the need for sensitivity to implied linguistic sexism may appear to be pressing a point beyond its utility. For others, this may represent both a cause and an effect of the change process for equality in human rights. In either case, failing to recognize even the most subtle demonstrations of linguistic sexism could impede one's service to clients, one's professional reputation, and one's self-awareness of blind spots concerning

gender prejudice or stereotyping. It would seem, therefore, that counselors would be well advised to consider the personal and professional implications of inadvertent sexism reflected through their writing or speaking in their roles as humanservice providers and representatives of the profession.

REFERENCE

Miller, C., & Swift, K. (1988). The handbook of nonsexist writing (2nd ed.). New York: Harper & Row.

S. Allen Wilcoxon is an associate professor of counselor education at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Correspondence regarding this article should be sent to S. Allen Wilcoxon, Program of Counselor Education, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0231.

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