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Re: Patriarchy, evolution, etc.
Ruby Rohrlich (rohrlich@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU)
Sat, 16 Mar 1996 23:57:16 -0500
It is government by old men or councils of elders. Did you also delete
the vicious attack on me by Peter Junger. Mine was mild in comparison, I
don't know why. Ruby Rohrlich
On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Matthew Hill wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Ralph L Holloway wrote:
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> > On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Ruby Rohrlich wrote:
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> > > Ronald: It is Peter Junger who defined a society ruled by old men as a
> > > patriarchy. He is apparently not familiar with the word "gerontocracy",
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> Tasteless personal attack deleted
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> >
> > I never thought of a "gerontocracy" as gender specific. Does it have to be?
> > rh
> >
> According to the OED it is. "Government by old men".
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> The same authority insists that while patriarchy is also governement by men
> that those men must be the heads of families (literal or figurative).
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> Just to mix threads; my appeal to the OED is, of course, a resort to
> AUTHORITY, it lacks POWER. One must honour it out of respect rather than
> coercion.
>
> Matthew Hill (mhhill@watarts.uwaterloo.ca)
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