Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!ptsfa!rob From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Newsgroups: net.med,net.motss,net.singles Subject: Re: The Age of AIDS Message-ID: <725@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 20:19:01 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfa.725 Posted: Sun Jul 7 20:19:01 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 20:04:14 EDT References: <1779@aecom.UUCP> <1485@bbncca.ARPA> <588@mtung.UUCP> Reply-To: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 32 Xref: watmath net.med:1683 net.motss:1825 net.singles:7729 In article <588@mtung.UUCP> jdh@mtung.UUCP (Julia Harper) writes: >>(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. > >Well, I hate to be boring.... but it really bores me when people >assume a man when discussing a person. (I mean, if it's "one woman" >and I'm a woman, that doesn't make me too heterosexual now, does it?) Furthermore, since when does 'monogamy' mean 'one woman'. It is not USED that way and its dictionary definition is not even that. I think you are confusing it with 'monogyny'. monogyny the having of one female spouse at the same time monoandry the having of one male spouse at the same time monogamy the having of one spouse at the same time polygyny the having of more than one female spouse at the same time polyandry the having of more than one male spouse at the same time polygamy the having of more than one spouse at the same time -- +--------------+-------------------------------+ | Rob Bernardo | Pacific Bell | +--------------+ 2600 Camino Ramon, Room 4E700 | | 415-823-2417 | San Ramon, California 94583 | +--------------+-------------------------------+---------+ | ihnp4!ptsfa!rob | | {nsc,ucbvax,decwrl,amd,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!rob | +--------------------------------------------------------+