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- From: sfjr@wam.umd.edu (Steve Russell)
- Subject: Re Male/Female etc
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.193712.6967@wam.umd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:37:12 GMT
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- From: rfs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (richard.f.j.soyack)
- Subject: Re: Men & Women, "Males & Females"
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03:43:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20.110910.24188@hemlock.cray.com> acp@cray.com (Anthony Peterson) writes:
- >In article <1h0carINN1k9@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >>sfjr@wam.umd.edu (Steve Russell) writes:
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- >>>I've noticed that many men ( sometimes myself ) get very annoyed by
- >>>women/feminists referring to them excluisively as "males".
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- (stuff deleted)
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- >>I doubt that most people intend either term as an insult.
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- > Wouldn't the term males include male dogs, skinks, goldfish,
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- > etc as well as male humans?
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- Being offended seems to be the growth industry of the 90's, I
- just have to figure out how to make money off of it! Hmmm,
- who should I ask about that?
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- Rich Soyack
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- *LAUGH* Point well taken :) *Chuckle* However I think
- you would soon find yourself having the same tentative
- ethical debates to contend with as arms dealers if you
- were successful.
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- Steve R
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