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  1. Xref: sparky alt.feminism:6320 soc.women:21731
  2. Newsgroups: alt.feminism,soc.women
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!nic.umass.edu!news.amherst.edu!llatwood
  4. From: llatwood@unix.amherst.edu (Laura Atwood)
  5. Subject: Re: Men & Women, "Males & Females"
  6. Message-ID: <BzLM43.L1L@unix.amherst.edu>
  7. Followup-To: alt.feminism,soc.women
  8. Sender: news@unix.amherst.edu (No News is Good News)
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  10. Organization: Amherst College
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  12. References: <1992Dec19.162155.10231@wam.umd.edu>
  13. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 07:28:51 GMT
  14. Lines: 7
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  16. At my college, "female" is often used as a neutral term when the speaker 
  17. thinks that someone is too old/mature to be called a "girl" but does not yet
  18. have all the responsibilities of "adulthood" and therefore can't really be 
  19. called a "woman."  
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