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Help[Facts] Re: Logan for a girl
in reply to a message by Jones
To me Logan is a boy's name and a surname (like Brooke Logan in "The Bold and the Beutiful"). Personally i find Elizabeth much prettier and more feminine. But unisex names for girls seem to be very trendy now.
I guess the Logan boys suffer more than the Logan girls if they are in the same class. It is ok for a girl to be boyish, but a fate worse than death for a boy to be girlish. This shows that we still live in a misogynic and homophobic society. Sorry for rambling on OT, but this is my pet peeve.
I guess the Logan boys suffer more than the Logan girls if they are in the same class. It is ok for a girl to be boyish, but a fate worse than death for a boy to be girlish. This shows that we still live in a misogynic and homophobic society. Sorry for rambling on OT, but this is my pet peeve.
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Allow me a small digression on the word "Homophobic" which you use.
The word is of very recent coinage and was designed to express the notion of "fear and/or aversion of homosexuals and homosexuality". However "homophobia" is etymologically unsound: "homo" means "same" and is the opposite of "hetero" (other, different); "phobia" means pathological fear. Taken literally, "homophobia" means "fear of sameness" or "fear of self" and makes absolutely no sense! It is funny, but the word "heterophobia" ("fear of other")would more accurately express what the word "homophobia" is purported to imply, i.e., "fear of someone who is unlike me, different". (unless "homophobia" is meant to express "fear of the 'homos'", which itself would be kinda denigrating to the gays :P)
Anyways, once a word is generally accepted and adopted by everyone, thats that. The moral of the story however is that coiners of new words should first consult a good etymologist :)
Whenever a newly coined word word is
The word is of very recent coinage and was designed to express the notion of "fear and/or aversion of homosexuals and homosexuality". However "homophobia" is etymologically unsound: "homo" means "same" and is the opposite of "hetero" (other, different); "phobia" means pathological fear. Taken literally, "homophobia" means "fear of sameness" or "fear of self" and makes absolutely no sense! It is funny, but the word "heterophobia" ("fear of other")would more accurately express what the word "homophobia" is purported to imply, i.e., "fear of someone who is unlike me, different". (unless "homophobia" is meant to express "fear of the 'homos'", which itself would be kinda denigrating to the gays :P)
Anyways, once a word is generally accepted and adopted by everyone, thats that. The moral of the story however is that coiners of new words should first consult a good etymologist :)
Whenever a newly coined word word is
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About phobias
The word "homophobia" always sounded kinda odd to me, too. Personally, I prefer the word "xenophobia" to cover all bases. Not just to describe a fear of gay people, but also a fear of any kind of people (or ideas) which are "foreign" to the status quo.
-- Nanaea
The word "homophobia" always sounded kinda odd to me, too. Personally, I prefer the word "xenophobia" to cover all bases. Not just to describe a fear of gay people, but also a fear of any kind of people (or ideas) which are "foreign" to the status quo.
-- Nanaea
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I like the name. I have a niece that has that first name. And guess what? Her middle name is Elizabeth named after her maternal Grandmother. Go for it! My daughter's name is Lauren Antoinette and she loves it. I see it on all her papers! :) I didn't want her first name to be abbreviated, so I chose a name that she would have to be called by and not some shortened version.
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