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From: todd@ohsu.edu (Todd Ellner)
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Subject: Re: "Woman" or "Girl"?
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Date: 18 May 91 00:05:23 GMT
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There is one factor in the woman/girl discussion which it might be useful to
bring up. That is the issue of the age of the person using the term. As one
grows older one's perception of what constitutes an adult of either sex
moves upward  as well. When I was eighteen eighteen year olds seemed grown
up mature adults, sixteen and seventeen year olds slightly less so.  Now,
some years later, I don't _always feel that way. Surely, when I am seventy
years old I will consider thirty year olds a bit young.  It was a shock to
hear the people I rented a space from for an event referring to my wife
and me as a "couple of nice kids".  Alas.

					Todd Ellner

Q: What has the study of biology taught you about the Creator, Dr. Haldane?
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