Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trwrba.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrba!prudence From: prudence@trwrba.UUCP (Charles E. Prudence) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Why Does "Homosexual" Usually Mean "Male Homosexual"? Message-ID: <914@trwrba.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 17:28:06 EDT Article-I.D.: trwrba.914 Posted: Thu Aug 30 17:28:06 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Sep-84 14:05:01 EDT Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 6 <-<-<->->-> Trish recently asked why the word "homosexual" is usually taken to mean "male homosexual". The answer seems obvious to me: male homosexuals outnumber lesbians, they are much more visible, and they are much more flamboyant. When was the last time you heard of Girl George? Charles Prudence