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In her view, it is used far more often than “sir,” and gives the sense that the advocate is uncomfortable referring to the judge by a sex-neutral honorific.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oral Argument — Common Mistakes: 2009
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A sex-neutral jury service statute was ultimately adopted in 1967.
Caplan on The History of Women's Jury Service in Washington Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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But to say that English lacks a sex-neutral third person singular is to ignore an overwhelmingly widespread linguistic fact.
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A sex-neutral jury service statute was ultimately adopted in 1967.
Archive 2008-08-01 Dan Ernst 2008
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As the first president of NOW in 1966, she staked out positions that seemed extreme at the time on such issues as abortion, sex-neutral help-wanted ads, equal pay, promotion opportunities and maternity leave.
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In the case of statutory rape, the immaturity and vul [n] erability of young people of both sexes could be protected through appropriately drawn, sex-neutral proscriptions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Justice Ginsburg, 2004
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In the case of statutory rape, the immaturity and vul [n] erability of young people of both sexes could be protected through appropriately drawn, sex-neutral proscriptions.
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Therefore, we do not really know who men are; their sexual specificity has been veiled utterly by their status as paradigmatic, sex-neutral humans.
Continental Feminism Cahill, Ann J. 2005
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In the case of statutory rape, the immaturity and vulnerability of young people of both sexes could be protected through appropriately drawn, sex-neutral proscriptions.
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§2032 — Eliminate the phrase “carnal knowledge of any female, not his wife who has not attained the age of sixteen years” and substitute a Federal, sex-neutral definition of the offense patterned after S.
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