[lbo-talk] This "Partner" Crap

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 25 12:20:39 PST 2007


Smile when you say that, partner.

--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Dec 24, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how the term "partner," which
> obscures marital status
> > and sexual orientation as if they were something
> shameful, became
> > leftist default language?
>
> It sounds so loveless and anti-erotic, too. It's
> appropriate for a
> business arrangement, not someone you share your
> life with.
>
> Doug
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