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Subject: Re: Female homosexuality = lesbianism. - Male sexuality = ?-ism
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On Sunday, 12 April 2009 10:53:36 UTC+4:30, Thomas Hejl Pilgaard wrote:
> 1. Is there a word for male sexuality than ends in -ism?
> Gayism doesn't seem to work.
>
> A friend of mine claims that it is in fact "homosexualism",
> since homo means man (which I don't quite agree with), meaning
> that homosexualism means sex among men, and homo sapiens means
> the thinking man.
>
> So either there is no -ism word for male homosexuality, or there
> is no common word for gayness and lesbianism... ?
>
> 2. Is there a common designation/name for words that end in -ism?
>
> ...The things you ponder at 3am...
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