regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard) (05/28/85)
>>Uh, oh. Then we'd better get rid of the word "woman". It comes almost >>directly from "wife (of) man", as if that's all that counts. Smith and Miller, in _Words and Women_ maintain that "wif" was a word that meant something like "caretaker", and cite the early usage of the word for _both_ men and women. It may have evolved to refer only to women (i.e., your "wife (of) man") but it originally was a sexless term, according to their research. Does that mean "woman" really is defined as "caretaker of men"?
zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck) (05/30/85)
> > for _both_ men and women. It may have evolved to refer only to women > (i.e., your "wife (of) man") but it originally was a sexless term, according > to their research. Does that mean "woman" really is defined as "caretaker > of men"? *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** My ex-husband had that attitude strongly embedded in his personality that is why he is my EX-husband. jeanette zobjeck
ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) (05/31/85)
> Does that mean "woman" really is defined as "caretaker >of men"? Yipes! No wonder we have problems with this. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146