On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 21:27, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
... (On the other hand, people on this list have a habit of using "males" to refer to men and "women" to refer to women. Flip side of the same coin, perhaps?).
Interesting point, Nathan, that I hadn't noticed. But I have noticed the opposite on Wikipedia -- that women are often referred to as "females," rather than women. It reads to my eyes as though a man is regarded as the default human position, and a "female" is another version.
Sarah