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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: "Housewife" vs. "Domestic Engineer"
Message-ID: <1118@burl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Mar-86 12:29:23 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  9 12:29:23 1986
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Summary: 

In article <657@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP (B.KORT) writes:
>
>I never liked either term.  My favorite is "Homemaker".  What other
>accurate, yet emotionally neutral terms can others suggest for this
>very important role?

I don't know, my last SO and I (lived together for 2 years and) always
referred to the other who was at home doing homemaking stuff as
"my honey" or "my baby".  Seemed to work OK for us....

;-)

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