Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sphinx.UChicago.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!mmar From: mmar@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Mitchell Marks) Newsgroups: net.med,net.motss,net.singles Subject: Re: The Age of AIDS Message-ID: <790@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 03:46:22 EDT Article-I.D.: sphinx.790 Posted: Sat Jul 6 03:46:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:12:39 EDT References: <1779@aecom.UUCP>, <1485@bbncca.ARPA>, <588@mtung.UUCP> Organization: U Chicago -- Linguistics Dept Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.med:1676 net.motss:1813 net.singles:7664 >(Dr. Lundberg is advocating hetero- >sexuality when he advises monogamy: it means "one woman" )=: ). Every- >one, gay & straight, should also maintain their health & keep informed >about AIDS. The root gamos meant marriage, and as a modern combining-stem it usually means mate or partner. (In some botanical terms it means joined.) For people who use it strictly to talk about literal marriage, I suppose it does imply heterosexuality, given the current laws about marriage. But for those who use it to refer to SO-ship or even to any sexual partnering, it doesn't seem to carry that implication. (Though I do take bigamy and polygamy to apply only to official marriage, and hence imply heterosexuality.) The modern combining-stems that are specifically male and female would be -andr- and -gyn-. They don't seem to combine with mono-, but note the full range of three with poly- : polygamist - person with more than one spouse polygynist - man with more than one wife polyandrist - woman with more than one husband (The last two formulations reflect what I think is the general use of these to refer only to official marriage.) -- -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!mmar