Re: memes and sexuality

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Apr 13 2001 - 22:04:38 BST

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    The "gender" meme itself shows a bias, because it really means "sex" not
    "gender."
    In human brains there are two sexes. Gender has to do with grammar.

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "TJ Olney" <market@cc.wwu.edu>
    To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 10:39 AM
    Subject: Re: memes and sexuality

    > Gender is memetically defined.
    >
    > Is what you are really asking:
    >
    > Is there a sex-linked bias in the aquisition and transmission of memes that
    > is not dependent on previously aquired memes?
    >
    > To your original question, the biases that are obvious seem to be
    memetically
    > mediated, that is different memeplexes develop for masculine vs feminine. I
    > discussed this a bit in my paper at: http://voyager.cbe.wwu.edu/gender/
    >
    > TJ
    >
    > --
    > -- TJ Olney market@cc.wwu.edu Not all those who wander are lost.
    > -- http://mp3.musicmatch.com/artists/artists.cgi?id=113&display=1
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    >
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