Woman/Womyn?

what part of san diego are you in? I live in escondido and work from clairmont to encanto.

 

woman
late O.E. wimman (pl. wimmen), lit. "woman-man," alteration of wifman (pl. wifmen), a compound of wif "woman" (see wife) + man "human being" (in O.E. used in ref. to both sexes; see man). Cf. Du. vrouwmens "wife," lit. "woman-man." The formation is peculiar to Eng. and Du. Replaced older O.E. wif, quean as the word for "female human being." The pronunciation of the singular altered in M.E. by the rounding influence of -w-; the plural retains the original vowel. Meaning "wife," now largely restricted to U.S. dial. use, is attested from c.1450. Women's liberation is attested from 1966; women's rights is from 1840, with an isolated example in 1632. Verb womanize originally (1593) meant "to make effeminate;" sense of "to chase women, to go wenching" is attested from 1893.

This is from the Online Etymology Dictionary

 

I never used the spelling womyn but I may start. The reason being it (to me) looks nice. Yes i care. Not much however. And I never even considered that it could mean women are less than men.

But I think that really the word man should be changed to moman or malman or somink like that. Then the issue will be solved and everyone will live happily ever after *coughs* after. That way the word Man will definitely be for human. or change human to humyn.

I really do think that it looks much nicer though.

 

Excuse me? I am NOT a second class anything. I think if anything, women today are being trained to perpetuate this victimhood crap which is really the only thing holding anyone back. Don't lump me into the category of a fragile, beaten wife.

I am sick and tired of rape being considered a "women's" issue. The person who's doing the raping is the one that has the issue--if anything, it's a man's issue. And PS, men can and do get raped ALOT more than the media would have you believe, and in alot of ways, it can be even harder for them because it's not "supposed" to happen to a guy.

A national epidemic? I got news for you honey, it's an international epidemic. But what are we supposed to do? Castrate them all? Wouldn't it be better to collectively rise above it?

Sorry you've been through alot, but I don't see how that justifies hating men. If a black person attacked you would it be justified for you to become a racist? And speaking of race, what about all the hell white people put black people through? Should black people just stop what they're doing and start hating white people?

Acknowledging history is one thing--dwelling on it is another.

 

I find it amazing that this went from a serious question, with a serious answer, to a lot of hateful words being thrown around. It makes sense to spell it with a y. If you truly open your eyes and accept things that aren't necessarily normal, you will see why. Women (womyn) are marked by men. We must use the preffix, Ms. Miss Mrs, while they can be Mr. their entire life. When we are born, we are given our fathers last name, showing how we belong to him, when we marry a man we take their last name to show that we now belong to our husband. It makes sense, that in a womens (womyns) issue forum, that some would choose to spell it that particuliar way. It's not like they are fighting Webster's dictionary to change the way it's spelled. I find it quite immature that people attack an honest answer by calling it "retarded". That is such a hateful word. If you don't agree with it, you can simply say so, with out trying to hurt feelings.

(I would also like to add, that the examples of women being marked completely comes from Patrilinear societies and I in no way intended to offend any people who might be from a different culture or lineage)

 

I also want to say that a part of this message stems from what was said on the first page of this forum