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Re: Are Humans Naturally Monogamous?

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From: Craig Oshima
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 14:08
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>>>begun to wonder what man's true nature really is. I have nothing against
>>   		       ^^^
>>	When I read this article, at first I was confused as to whether you
>>meant "male" or "person".  All possible ambiguity would be removed if you 
>>used "person" in place of "man".
>
>"Man" is used correctly here.  "Person" would NOT have been correct.

I don't think the point was intended to be grammatical, but you're right.

>God, I hate feminist quibbling about de-sexing the English language.

Get used to it.  Besides, it's not so much de-sexing as it is removing
the overwhelming "male" influence.  What's so difficult about saying
"human nature" or something?  I admit I read right over the original
sentence without alarms yelling "sexist!", and I doubt the original
post even intended to be sexist.  But women are people too, and there's
no reason to flame someone for pointing it out.

Just my humble opinion,

Craig
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