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What It Takes To Be A Woman (Barf Alert)
The Washington Post ^
| October 2, 2007
| Laura Sessions Stepp
Posted on 10/06/2007 5:40:33 PM PDT by khnyny
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I see neither the writer of this piece or her editor has a clue.
Hillary Clinton boasted at a Democratic Debate in August and I quote:
"For 15 years, I have stood up against the right-wing machine and I've come out stronger," she said. "So if you want a winner who knows how to take them on, I'm your girl."
LOL.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:40:36 PM PDT
by
khnyny
To: khnyny
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:42:49 PM PDT
by
khnyny
(It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it..Aristotle)
To: khnyny
If I’m not married or engaged by 25, but dating someone, I’ll still call them my girlfriend.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:45:23 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
To: wastedyears
Get married then you can soon call them Plaintiff .
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:49:42 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know. F Troop)
To: khnyny
From what I understand, this is also a bit of a rebellion against the old-maid feminazis who spell the word as “womyn”.
Increasingly, girls today don’t want to go there.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:49:45 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: khnyny
"Why do our younger colleagues freely call themselves girls?" Because they're not self-hating, dried up old witches with attitude problems?
Just a guess
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:51:45 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: kbennkc
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:52:33 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
To: muir_redwoods
You are correct. Also they know for sure that they are not boys.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:53:33 PM PDT
by
abclily
To: khnyny
What boring tripe. My cat refused to even crap on this article.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:53:36 PM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: khnyny
But today, it's "me and the girls," Because their grammar is crap.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:54:32 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: Spktyr
And "Ms." Just calligraphied some shower invites (for a friend) and I was told to use Miss or Mrs....as no one uses Ms. anymore. Whatev!
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:54:43 PM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
(I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. <i>Jane Austen)
To: wastedyears
words of wisdom .... even after you are 75, call her your girlfriend / lover / wife as if all three have the same meaning. Tell her it still feels like you are dating.
It will earn you big brownie points.
To: khnyny
Why do our younger colleagues freely call themselves girls?Uh, because they haven't worked themselves into a tizzy about being female, as you and your feminist friends did when you were their age.
I have always, and still do, call my female friends 'girls', and I'm well into my 50's. Not all of us bought into the feminist carp in the late 60's and into the 70's.
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posted on
10/06/2007 5:57:19 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: khnyny
I have a simpler explanation: Woman is two syllables and girl is one syllable. People are lazy speakers, and will naturally choose words that take less time/effort.
Also, the word woman is an awkward sounding word if you think about it. Wuh-Man.
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:00:23 PM PDT
by
joseph20
(...to ourselves and our Posterity...)
To: All; khnyny
.
It may well be that...
the entire future of all humankind...
may well hinge on,
during this new century,
...our finally freeing all the women of the world...
to be all that they already are in GOD’s Eyes,
and all that they can be while here on the Earth..?
.
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:01:15 PM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: SuziQ
I am over that 50 mark too and still my friends and I still say ...going to have a girl’s day.
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:01:24 PM PDT
by
donnab
(Saving liberal brains...one moron at a time.)
To: taxcontrol
I may be in my early 20s, but I don’t do brownie points.
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:01:29 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
To: PennsylvaniaMom
I view that as a step in the right direction. “Ms.” is a horrible artificial construction.
What’s really funny is that if you really look at it, it’s a *demotion* for any female who used any of the other titles.
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:02:00 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: PennsylvaniaMom
Ms. President
Sheik Barack Obama
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:11:04 PM PDT
by
KyHammer
( The democrat leadership is a traitorous bunch.)
To: PennsylvaniaMom
"no one uses Ms. anymore."Well that's certainly news to me.
I guess for now on, whenever I write a business letter to a lady I'll have to call her first and ask her if she's married.
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posted on
10/06/2007 6:13:38 PM PDT
by
2111USMC
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