~ FEMALE     id+ | WOMAN and WIFE |
             id+ | VERBOSE or WORDY |
             note FE MALE
             note FE MUR
             note FE MILY
             note FE CUNDity
             from PHEME
~ FEMAR      lat for OUTSIDE of the THIGH
~ FEMEN      lat for INSIDE  of the THIGH
~ FEMINA     lat for A WOMAN or WIFE and
             note below lat FAMULA for SLAVE
~ FEMINEITY  or in sp FEMENINA or
~ FEMININE   from lat FEMINA   sug> GENITAL
~ FEMINISM   see below         sug> GENDER
~ FEMINIST   see below         sug> GENESIS
~ FAMULA     id+ | SLAVE |
~ FEMUR      id+ | THIGH |
             also FEMORAL BONE or in lat OS
  biol> FEMALE GENDER IMPLIES
        THOSE WHO BEGET EGGS or
  GESTATE AN EMBRYO or
  WHO BEAR YOUNG               see> FECUND
  note  FEMALES ARE SAID TO BE MORE VERBAL
  lat   FARI   = TO SPEAK
  gr    PHEMI    TO SPEAK  CONVERSATION
  lat   FEMELLA   YOUNG WOMAN
        FEMINA    GIRL
  eng   FECUND    FERTILE or
                  PROLIFIC    sug> PROLETARIAT
  note INTERFEMINIUM for SPACE BETWEEN THE THIGHS or
       INTER FEMORAL SPACE thus loaded with
  SEXUAL ENUENDO attr to APULEIUS in [39] pp 93
  lit+ note " FEMME FATAL "
              PHEME  as in WORD SOUNDS
              PHONE  as in PHONY EUPHEMISM  or
              TELEPHONE SYMPHONY   see> SPEECH
  hx> MODERN FEMINISM COMPETES FOR WOMEN
      TO HAVE EQUAL MASCULINE OPPORTUNITIES as
  TO JOIN THE ARMY or CLIMB TELEPHONE POSTS while
  MANY FEMINIST SCORN TRADITIONAL
  FEMININE INCLINATIONS as implicit in
  "HOME MAKER" or  "MOTHERING"
  note how EQUAL IS NOT IMPLICITLY
       JUST nor is                     sug> FAIR
       SUITABLE or APPROPRIATE         sug> RIGHT
  hx> MASSIVE EXODUS OF WOMEN FROM THE
      FORMER SOVIET UNION or USSR to undertake
  TASKS or sp TAREAS       see> TARA
  such as helping ELDERS   sug> SENIOR
  DOMESTIC WORK            sug> DOME
  PROSTITUTION or          see> PROSTITUTE
  in sp DESFOGAR TESTOSTERONA ACCUMULADA
  lit+ implies SEXUAL HEAT
  sp   HOGAR for HOME as in
  myth> SACRED FIRE          sug> VESTAL
  eng  HEARTH                sug> FOCUS
  sp   TESTOSTERONA          sug> TEST
  note TESTIGO for WITNESS   sug> TESTICLE
  the above calls for the protection of the
  FEMININE                   see> FEMUR
  GENDER                     see> GENESIS
  med> DIMORPHISM denotes CONTRAST in  sug> COLLATE
       GENDER INFLUENCES ON            sug> SEX
  MORPHOGENESIS                        sug> MORPHEUS
  which include FUNCTIONS AND          sug> PERFORM
  STRUCTURES                           sug> CLASS
  even BLOOD DENSITY and               sug> ORGANIZATION
  LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT or              sug> LOQUACIOUS
  FINGERPRINT PATTERNS                 sug> DERMATOGLYPHICS
  lat FEMINA  = FEMALE  WOMAN          sug> FERTILITY
  sp  FE        FAITH  FIDELITY        sug> FELICITOUS
  eng FEMUR     med> THIGH BONE        sug> GENERATOR
  ukr ZHINKA    WOMAN                  sug> GENEALOGY
  eng GENE                             sug> GEA
      GENESIS                          sug> GENOME
      GENERATION                       sug> GENETICS
  ply> | FE FEMINA FEMUR               sug> FERTILITY
         conjure ideas of              sug> FETUS
         FAITHFUL THIGH                sug> GAMBIT
         FERTILITY  FETUS |            sug> FETOR
  lit+ " I AM A WOMAN                  sug> BRIDE
         IT IS TRUE                    sug> BRIDLE
  BUT I HAVE A MIND                    sug> SENSE
  I AM NOT BADLY OFF IN NATIVE WIT ..."
  in Lysistrata by ARISTOPHANES [#]
  translated by C T MURPHY in
  "An Anthology of Greek Drama"
  Rinehart Editions  New York 1953
  lit+ " WESTERN CIVILIZATION SHOULD BE FEMINIZED "
         attr to Octavio PAZ [#]
  hx> THE HIGH STATUS OF WOMEN ACHIEVED UNDER THE
      RULE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS LOST WHEN NOTIONS
  FROM JUDEO CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS BECAME POPULAR AND
  IMPOSED VIEWS THAT MEN ARE INDUCED TO SIN BY
  BEING SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO WOMEN  sug> TEMPTATION
  note George SAND [#]
       WAS AN EARLY FEMINIST           sug> WOMANLY
  SHE WAS FEMININE AND NOT EMBITTERED  sug> ACRID
  note HOW QUICK THE OPPRESSED CAN     sug> ZEAL
       BECOME OPPRESSORS  as in        sug> ZEALOT
  lit+ " NO WOMAN SHOULD BE            sug> ENTHUSIAST
         AUTHORIZED TO STAY AT HOME    sug> DEVOTEE
  TO RAISE HER CHILDREN                sug> FANATIC
  SOCIETY SHOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT
  WOMAN SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT CHOICE
  PRECISELY BECAUSE
  IF THERE IS SUCH A CHOICE
  TOO MANY WOMEN WILL MAKE THAT ONE"
  attr to S BOUVOIR [#]
  from an interview reported by Betty FRIEDAN [#]
  in Saturday Review 1975
  note Simone de BEAUVOIR [#]
  1908-1986 IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE
  A NOTABLE FEMINIST  she wrote "THE SECOND SEX"
  also she wrote about the Marquis de SADE [#]
  with considerable restraint   sug>  SADISM
  her companion was Jean Paul SARTRE [#] 1905-1980
  A FRENCH WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER
  WHO ENDORSED COMMUNISM AND DEVELOPED A SYSTEM
  EMPHASIZING "SELF" which represents
  THE CORE PHILOSOPHY OF " EXISTENTIALISM "
  sug> BEING  SELFISH  EGO  EGOTISM  EGOISM
  hx>  IN USA THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT
       IS LINKED WITH IDEAS OF
  SUFFRAGISTS or THOSE WHO PROMOTED
  THE RIGHT TO VOTE   sug> BALLOT  ELECTION
  sp   SUFRAGIO    = VOTE or SUFFRAGE
  lat  SUFFRAGIUM    VOTE or RIGHT or APPROBATION
  sp     FRAGMENTAR  FRAGMENT
  note A VOTE CAN NOT BE BROKEN because
       BALLOTING IS AN IRRETRIEVABLE ACT and
  VOTING IS A DEFINITIVE
  DELEGATION OF POWER TO A NOMINEE
  in 1848  A PHILADELPHIA ABOLITIONIST QUAKER
  Lucretia MOTT [#] and Elizabeth CADY STANTON [#]
  ANONYMOUSLY CALLED FOR A        sug> CONVENIENT
  "WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION"     sug> CONVENE
  IT WAS IN PART A REACTION TO
  THE WORLD ANTI SLAVERY CONVENTION
  HELD IN LONDON IN 1840
  WHERE WOMEN WERE EXCLUDED
  Frederick DOUGLASS [#]
  THE GREAT NEGRO ADVOCATE OF HUMAN LIBERTY
  WAS THE ONLY MAN TO VOTE FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE
  later THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
        ELECTED MS STANTON AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT
  SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY Susan B ANTHONY [#]                        PIONEER
  TO GRANT THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO WOMEN
  WERE THE WESTERN STATES or WYOMING COLORADO IDAHO UTAH
  1868 THE FIRST FEDERAL AMENDMENT WAS INTRODUCED AND FAILED
  1878 THE AMENDMENT WAS REINTRODUCED
  1920 IT FINALLY BARELY PASSED AFTER AN ENORMOUS
          STRUGGLE  ALMOST REPUGNANT TO REVIEW
  lit+ Susan B ANTHONY [#] SAID TO THE JUDGE
       IMPOSING HER SENTENCE FOR HAVING VOTED
  IN AN ELECTION HELD IN NEW YORK
  " IN YOUR ORDERED VERDICT OF GUILTY
    YOU HAVE TRAMPLED ...
    MY NATURAL RIGHTS
    MY CIVIL RIGHTS
    MY POLITICAL RIGHTS ...
    ROBBED {me} OF ...
    CITIZENSHIP AND DEGRADED {me} FROM ...
    A CITIZEN TO THAT OF A SUBJECT"
  note Friedrich ENGELS [#]  Karl MARX [#] and THE BOLSHEVIKS
       PROPOSED THAT WOMEN WOULD BE LIBERATED FROM THE
  DOMESTIC SLAVERY but in fact NO WOMAN EVER HAD A SEAT ON
  THE POLITBURO OF THE USSR
  THE DEPRECIATION OF WOMEN IN THE USSR IS UNDERSCORED
  BY THE FACT THAT WHEN Premier Juriy ANDROPOV [#] DIED
  THE DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES DID NOT KNOW WHO HIS WIFE WAS
  THEY MET HER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT HIS FUNERAL
  sug> EFFEMINACY  FEMME FATALE
  see> ~ BESANT  and  ~& BESANT  also EPICURUS  PLACE
  see> WOMAN WOMEN

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