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From: farmerl@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (lisa ann farmer)
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Subject: Re: response to question about "womyn"
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Date: 18 Mar 91 02:31:18 GMT
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>kleinj@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>
>>"Womyn" commonly refers to lesbians--especially radical lesbian/feminists--
>>who refuse to use the word "men" in their identity.  'Nuff said.
>
>>[Would any straight women who use the spelling "womyn" care to respond?  - MHN]
I would be what you refer to as a straight womyn although I don't think of 
myself in that term.  I use 'womyn' because that is how i pronounce it.  I 
also don't need to reinforce that this is a male-oriented society so I try to
use words that don't contain 'man'. I don't think the term refers to lesbians
only but I also don't think it excludes them as much as conventional terms.
Perhaps it is a healthy thing that when using the term 'womyn' people think
of both lesbians and "straights".:-) 
Lisa