(off topic) man or woman?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 02:59:31PM -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
> Fair enough, though this bit in the biography of Michael Learned did catch
> my eye:
> 
> "She was originally billed "Miss Michael Learned" on "The Waltons" (1972)
> not out of ego or demand, but for the simple fact that Ms. Learned was
> unknown to the public at the time she won the role of Olivia and the powers
> that be did not want the audience to be confused about her gender."
> 
> While it might not be quite as clear cut as I suggested in my original
> reply, I would still say male would be by far the way to bet when you see
> the name Michael...

Well there seemed to be this run of people about 30 or 40 years ago that
thought naming their girls with common male names would be a way to have
them get further ahead in life since people would assume they were male
when they saw resume's and other documents like that.  I suspect all it
ever did was cause confusion and grief for the girls.

For example:  Shannon, Beverley, etc.

Some have even managed to now be assumed to be girls names by default.

Lennart Sorensen
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