Treacy: I think Maggie has some very interesting stuff in her reply but
to credit all women as knowing who Pops is streachs credulity.
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On Sat, 2 Sep 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One last point -- the term legitimate and illigitimate as applied to children
> is a male, non-feminst terminology. Women know where their children come
> from, it is only men who are concerned as to ancestry of own children.
> Further, the entire legal structure of this country was originally
> predicated on confering legitimacy on men, actually, white men, following the
> American Revolution. Women were considered the property of men, hence, it
> was men who conferred the title of legitimate or illegitimate on the children
> women bore.
>
> maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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