-=> Quoting Sheila King to Ron McDermott <=-
 -> MM>Where men mutilate women's bodies, the gynaeceum
 ->
 -> "Women" isn't a good enough word?
 SK> You know, when I first read this message from Michael, with that word
 SK> "gynaeceum"...I was offended. I did, in the context of the message,
 SK> Therefore, Illich must either be talking about women's housing in
 SK> ancient Greece or Rome, or else flowers. ;-)
Sheila, you really just have to read him to understand his use of
language.  He doesn't speak like most people speak English. He's very well
read, an historian, a linguist.  He is not being derogatory towards women in
any way.  
-michael
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