(off topic) man or woman?

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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.

And there are some, that are pronounced the same but spelled 
differently, according to gender.  i.e. Leslie & Lesley.
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