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From: csdf@mit-vax.UUCP (Charles Forsythe)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: The use of '-type'
Message-ID: <428@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 07:02:18 EDT
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Summary: 

In article <503@unisoft.UUCP> tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) writes:
>     I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by 'type' in this
>context.  Maybe its because I don't watch television.  What I was
>objecting to was the use of the words 'male-type' and 'female-type'
>in a context where "man," "woman," "male," or "female" might have
>sufficed just as well.

I suppose I wasn't clear. Men and women are distinguished by their
respective... well... bodily parts. 

Male-type's and female-types are distinguished by their respective
behavior. What do you expect from a woman? What do you expect from a
man? These are factors that determine '-types.

This is not to be confused with masculine and feminine! A man can have
feminine traits, and a woman can have masculine traits. I would say a
female-type is a woman with feminine traits and a male-type is a man
with masculine traits.

Since "masculine" and "feminine" are defined by society, the end result
is that a male-type is a man who behaves the way you's "expect" him to
and a female-type is a woman who behaves the way you'd expect her to.

How is that for a working definition?

-- 
Charles Forsythe
CSDF@MIT-VAX
"I always try to avoid cliche's like the plague!"
        -Rev. Wang Zeep