On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 21:27, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... (On the other hand, people on > this list have a habit of using "males" to refer to men and "women" to > refer to women. Flip side of the same coin, perhaps?). > Interesting point, Nathan, that I hadn't noticed. But I have noticed the opposite on Wikipedia -- that women are often referred to as "females," rather than women. It reads to my eyes as though a man is regarded as the default human position, and a "female" is another version.
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