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From: zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: derivation of terms
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 12:32:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 30 12:32:18 1985
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> 
> 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"?

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jeanette zobjeck