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A woman is a female human, in contrast to an adult male, who is a man.
The term woman (irregular plural: women) is usually used for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term is also sometimes used for a female human regardless of age, as in phrases like "women's rights".
Etymology
The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". In Old English the words wer and wyf (also wæpman and wifman) were what was used to refer to "a man" and "a woman" respectively, and "man" was gender neutral. In Middle English man displaced wer as term for "male human", whilst wyfman (which eventually evolved into woman) was retained for "female human". "Man" does continue to carry its original sense of "Human" however, resulting in an asymmetry sometimes criticized as sexist. * (See also Womyn.) The symbol for the planet Venus is the sign also known in biology for the female sex: a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath (Unicode: ♀). The Venus symbol also represented femininity, and in ancient alchemy stood for copper. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circle (representing spirit) above a cross (representing matter).
Terminology
The English language's original word for "woman" was Old English wīf, akin to German Weib; it later became the modern word "wife." The modern word "woman" etymologically derives from wīfmann, with the addition of mann, "person", from Germanic mannaz. This formation is peculiar to English. The equivalents for "man" in Old English were wer (a cognate of Latin vir, "man") and wǣpnedmann, literally "weaponed person". As previously mentioned, the term man continues to carry its original sense of "Human", though this usage results in an asymmetry which is sometimes criticized as sexist. The word girl originally meant "young person of either sex"; it was only around the beginning of the 16th century that it came to mean specifically a female child. Nowadays girl is also often used colloquially to refer to a young or unmarried woman. Since the early 1970s, feminists have challenged such usage, and today, using the word in the workplace (as in office girl) is typically considered inappropriate in the United States and United Kingdom because it implies a view of women as infantile. The use remains commonplace in several other English-speaking countries. Conversely, in certain non-Western cultures which link family honor with female virginity, the word girl is still used to refer to a never-married woman; in this sense it is used in a fashion roughly analogous to the obsolete English maid or maiden. Referring to an unmarried female as woman can, in such a culture, imply that she is sexually experienced, which would be an insult to her family. In more informal settings, the use of girl to refer to an adult female is also common practice in certain usage (such as girls' night out), even among elderly women. In this sense, girl may be considered to be the analogue to the British word bloke for a man. Some regard non-parallel usages, such as men and girls, as sexist. A number of other derogatory terms for women are also in common usage. There are various words used to refer to the quality of being a woman. The term "womanhood" merely means the state of being a woman; "femininity" is used to refer to a set of supposedly typical female qualities associated with a certain attitude to gender roles; "womanliness" is like "femininity", but is usually associated with a different view of gender roles; "femaleness" is a general term, but is often used as shorthand for "human femaleness"; "distaff" is an archaic adjective derived from women's conventional role as a spinner, now used only as a deliberate archaism; "muliebrity" is a "neologism" (derived from the Latin) meant to provide a female counterpart of "virility", but used very loosely, sometimes to mean merely "womanhood", sometimes "femininity", and sometimes even as a collective term for women. More on [ Woman ]
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Vanishing Point - women missing or murdered on the highway of tears http://bit.ly/53QCiS (Vancouver Sun)
terrillwelch (Terrill Welch) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:04:13 -0000
Vanishing Point - women missing or murdered on the highway of tears http://bit.ly/53QCiS (Vancouver Sun)
Another push for inquiry into case of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown ... - News1130 http://tinyurl.com/y8pn5kw
Ojibray (Raymond) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:18:00 -0000
Another push for inquiry into case of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown ... - News1130 http://tinyurl.com/y8pn5kw
Vanishing Point - Missing and Murdered Women. (various stories fr/ Vancouver ) http://tinyurl.com/ycyab3s #sexwork
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Vanishing Point - Missing and Murdered Women. (various stories fr/ Vancouver ) http://tinyurl.com/ycyab3s #sexwork
Another push for inquiry into case of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: There is a motion going.. http://bit.ly/8s6sRx
news1130radio (News1130) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:51:02 -0000
Another push for inquiry into case of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: There is a motion going.. http://bit.ly/8s6sRx
Joint Missing Women Task Force - Official press releases from the investigation conducted by the RCMP and the Vancouver Police Department.
Missing Women Poster - Names, photographs, and dates last seen for women who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside between 1978 and 2001. Includes dates on which murder charges were laid for the deaths of 15 of the women.
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Bad Date: The Lost Girls of Vancouver's Low Track - Blurb for the book by Trevor Greene, from publisher ECW Press.
Meta Description: [ Bad Date: The Lost Girls of Vancouver's Low Track ]
BC BookWorld: Maggie de Vries - The author talks about her decision to write a memoir of her murdered sister, and the impact it had on her.
CBC News Indepth: Pickton - Background of the case against Robert William Pickton, list of the 27 women whose murders he is charged with, and basic timeline of the investigation.
City of Vancouver: Call for Missing Women Inquiry - Council motion to request an inquiry, after the resolution of pending court cases, into the direction, management and conduct of the investigation of the women missing from Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
Crime Library: All about Robert Pickton - Narrative chronology of disappearances, information on suspects considered, and details of the first accusations against the man arrested in the case.
Meta Description: [ Robert Pickton a Canadian pig farmer, charged with murdering at least 23 of Vancouver's 60+ missing women. More victims expected to be found on his pig farm. ]
Georgia Straight: Femke van Delft: Missing, and Johanna Mercer: The Diana Project - Review of two art installations.
Meta Description: [ straight.com, Vancouver's online source for news, arts, entertainment, culture and lifestyle. ]
goDutch.com: Death in Missing Women's Case Leaves Draayers' Mourning for Foster Daughter - The foster parents who raised Sereena Abotsway and her siblings have now had their fears confirmed.
Meta Description: [ Home page of the Dutch Heritage Site, the Windmill Herald, and Vanderheide Publishing ]
Missing - Photographs and profiles of 62 Vancouver women. Includes some memories from family members.
Missing Women Tribute - A flash tribute with all the names and photos of the missing women.
Missingpeople.Net - Profiles and additional photographs of missing women in Vancouver, and press clippings from 1997-present.
Montreal Mirror: Missing Sarah - Review of Maggie de Vries' memoir about her sister Sarah, and her path from vibrant little girl to juvenile delinquent to victim of a serial killer.
Serial Killers Hit List: Possible Vancouver Prostitute Killer - Includes partial timeline, commentary on the investigation, and discussion of the environment the women lived in.
The Peak: Downtown East: Missing Women, Missing Concern - Touches on the disparity between current media frenzy and long-term neglect of the vulnerable and abused population the victims came from. Editorial by Amy Zhang.
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To Honor the Vancouver Missing Women... - A former resident of Hastings Street shares memories of some of her friends on the missing women's list.
True Crimes: The Green River Killer Vancouver BC - Speculations that the same person responsible for unsolved murders in Seattle, Washington, US in 1982-1984 is connected with the missing women.
Meta Description: [ The Green River Killer, reportedly the nation's worst unsolved serial killer spree was responsible for 49 deaths of women in Portland and Seattle between 1982 and 1984. No one knows why the killings stopped. After a 19 year investigation Gary Leon Ridgway from a rural area outside of Seattle was ... ]
Turtle Island Native Network: Aboriginal Missing Women - Discussion of the case, with particular focus on the many Native women among the missing, and the responses among that community.
Meta Description: [ Turtle Island Native Network-Canada's Aboriginal news and information network. A well managed intersection for Aboriginal Peoples on the Information Highway. ]
vancouvermissing - Discussion list for friends and families of the missing women, and those working to keep the issue in the public eye. Includes publicly visible, categorized list of related links. [Requires Yahoo registration.]
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Vanished Voices - A memorial to the missing women of East Vancouver. From the parents of Angela Rebecca Jardine.
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