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- From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
- Subject: Re: Androphobic Politicians
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.165743.29406@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:57:43 GMT
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- xenon@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
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- >Since all of the terms for man-hating based on greek words (androphobia,
- >misandry, misanthropy) seem to be lacking, maybe we could coin a word based on
- >the latin word for man... we could call it homophobia... ;)
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- Try the Latin root for man, "vir", as in "virile".
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- Furthermore, I *think* "homo" means "human", not exclusively "men".
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- It's also confusing since "hom" or "homo" means "same" or "similar"
- as well.
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- rini
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