| Title: | Topics of Interest to Women |
| Notice: | V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open. |
| Moderator: | REGENT::BROOMHEAD |
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 30 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1078 |
| Total number of notes: | 52352 |
"The International Astronomical Union is looking for suggestions for
about 4000 names for features on Venus. They must be either goddesses
or famous women (who have been dead at least three years). Send
suggestions to Venus Names, Magellan Project Office, Mail Stop 230-201,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109."
"Instant Message" issue 498, page 2
N.E.S.F.A. Inc.
P.O. Box G, M.I.T. Station
Cambridge, MA 02139
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 890.1 | BUILDR::CLIFFORD | No Comment | Tue Jun 25 1991 19:04 | 4 | |
Shouldn't this have gone in the "sexism is alive and living ..."
topic?
~Cliff
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| 890.2 | CARTUN::NOONAN | my *life* is an ad lib! | Tue Jun 25 1991 20:04 | 8 | |
Not really. It is, after all, *Venus*, the one planet out of the nine
that is named after a woman, and a goddess at that. It would make
sense to keep with the theme.
Besides, then when all us nasty women whiiiiine about everything being
male oriented, Venus can be used to prove us all wrong!
E Grace
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| 890.3 | CALS::MALING | Mirthquake! | Tue Jun 25 1991 20:27 | 5 | |
Wasn't earth named after a woman too?
Ya know, "Mother Earth" :-)
Mary
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| 890.4 | N2ITIV::LEE | verbal chameleon | Tue Jun 25 1991 23:45 | 16 | |
> Besides, then when all us nasty women whiiiiine about everything being > male oriented, Venus can be used to prove us all wrong! Naaaahhhh... that'd never work. :*] You'd just point out that it's named for the goddess of love and beauty, and is merely another manifestation ofthe objectification of women. (of course, there's quite a few lesser bodies with female names; Ceres, Luna, Amalthaea, Io, Europa, Callisto, Miranda, Titania, and Nereid, for example. Hmmmm...) -Andy | |||||