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- From: mmmirash@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi)
- Subject: Sexist hypocrites
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 00:38:43 GMT
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- Those who oppose words such as "stewardess", "heroine", "hostess" are
- hypocrites. Their explanation is that these words further the notion that
- being a man is the norm and being a woman is a deviant. i.e. there
- aren't different words for the male *and* the female. Yet, they
- accept the word "woman". The word "woman" comes from "man". (wif-man or
- literally "wife of man")
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- I feel disgusted.......Bah!
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- Mandar.
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- --
- "Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die
- for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace.
- You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some
- day you'll join us, and the world will be as one." - John Lennon.
-