3.308 misandrists, man-haters, and IT (92)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Mon, 31 Jul 89 20:25:58 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 308. Monday, 31 Jul 1989.
(1) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 89 08:06:03 -0400 (9 lines)
From: lang@PRC.Unisys.COM
Subject: gender specific man haters
(2) Date: Monday, 31 Jul 89 09:39:00 EDT (16 lines)
From: J.A.Hunter@newcastle.ac.uk
Subject: the meaning of IT
(3) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 89 10:19:21 EDT (17 lines)
From: Geoff Rockwell <rockwell@utorgpu>
Subject: Re: 3.297 terms of gender?
(4) Date: Monday, 31 July 1989 1338-EST (20 lines)
From: HUMM@PENNDRLS (Alan Humm Religious Studies U. of Penn)
Subject: "man-hater"
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 89 08:06:03 -0400
From: lang@PRC.Unisys.COM
Subject: gender specific man haters
There is, as far as I know, no English word
for a person who hates people of the male persuasion.
If such a word did exist, based on the formation of
"misogynist", it would probably be "misandrist",
from what I remember of my classical Greek.
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Date: Monday, 31 Jul 89 09:39:00 EDT
From: J.A.Hunter@newcastle.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 3.303 queries (68)
With reference to:
> Regarding Donald Spaeth's recent comment, perhaps someone could define
> the meaning of "we are facing a shortage of c. 30,000 IT professionals".
> What is "IT"?
IT = Information Technology. I realise that doesn't fully answer the
question, but seems that while we were "systems analysts" a few years
ago, these days it seems we are all "IT professionals".
Alan Hunter
The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 89 10:19:21 EDT
From: Geoff Rockwell <rockwell@utorgpu>
Subject: Re: 3.297 culture and science? terms of gender?
"Homophobe" is used in the gay community for those who hate men of
that orientation. I have heard people refer to others as "man-haters".
Perhaps there is no precise term because anyone who hates men hates
them for a reason other than their masculinity. Perhaps our
culture may be so thoroughly masculine that to hate men would be to
hate oneself. I suspect that bitterness towards men has been around
for a while, though it may have been supressed. I would be interested
in the comments of those that are studying the history of women's
thought on this subject.
Geoffrey Rockwell
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Date: Monday, 31 July 1989 1338-EST
From: HUMM@PENNDRLS (Alan Humm Religious Studies U. of Penn)
Subject: "man-hater"
In response to Ken Hanly' query:
>Is there a term which is male gender specific which refers to persons
>who hate males?
If there were an Anglo-Greek word for "man-hater" it would come from
"andros" rather than "anthropos" and hence "misandrist". This is not in
any dictionary that I have at hand, although I do not have an OED, and
people do make up words all the time anyway. The word would probably be
understandable to most literate readers. It is probably better,
however, to stick with something like "man-hater" even though it does
not sound very scholarly. If fog factor is important, you could try
something in French, unless you are writing for theological circles, in
which case German is the fog language of choice.
Alan Humm, misologist.