Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!jamcmullan From: jamcmullan@watmath.UUCP (Judy McMullan) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: The power of words Message-ID: <6866@watmath.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 10:31:12 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.6866 Posted: Fri Feb 10 10:31:12 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 07:42:05 EST Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 13 I think Thoman Johnston missed the point of the "feminized" quotes. Altering the quotes was a vehicle for generating some news ways of thinking about the sentiments expressed. No matter that the word "man" means "man or woman". When the word "woman" is used in the quote, it speaks to a woman more directly and has more power to stir up her feelings. The new quotes were INTENDED to speak to only women. That was the point of the original article in "Ms". Not only did the altered quotes seem to apply to women more, they often seemed as if they were urging women to be strong and take control of their own lives, as the feminist movement urges. --from the sssstickkky keyboard of J.A.M. ...!{allegra|decvax}!watmath!jamcmullan