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From: NRILEY@BOOTES.UNM.EDU (Natalie Riley Osorio)
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Subject: On Womanhood....
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Date: 21 May 91 22:14:04 GMT
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    I appreciate the feed-back on the issue of using the terms "woman" and
"girl." Now, my next question, which I'll address to those who are ardent
about using "woman" for adult females, is at what age do you start calling
a girl a woman? I've heard people say that puberty is the relative
indicator. But isn't that too large of a gap? I've heard of females who
start menstruating at age 9, and others as late as 16 or 17. So, I think
that that argument is questionable. 


Nat Riley O.
(NRILEY@BOOTES.UNM.EDU)

"Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster.
 These are poor substitutes for passion."   Agnes DeMille