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Subject: Re: Jeannies sister's name and a Question
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 17:59:05 EST
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> > Jeannie's sister (and in fact all female jeannies) are named
> > Jeannie.
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                         
According to IDOJ, as reiterated in the movie, there is no such thing as
a MALE "jeannie".  Actually, it is spelled GENIE, prounced with either a
hard or a soft first e, and a hard second e. A male of the species is a
JINN (at least according to the movie), although my Webster's defines
GENIE as JINN. Anyway, this brings up an interesting point:  In addition
to the other obvious sexist overtones of the show, it seems especially
sexist that all Genii are named Jeannie whereas JINN are called by different
names (e.g. Haji, "the head of all the Jinn").  Anybody know if there is
any reference to this in Muslim demonology?

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