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<DIV><TT>On 19/02/2005 19:59, Fritz Goerling wrote:<BR><BR>>
...<BR>><BR>><BR>> A common figurative expression for "courage" in
many languages<BR>> corresponds to "manliness", <BR>>
<BR>> Can you give examples? I would assume a woman
can be as courageous.<BR>><BR>Of course women can be as courageous, but
that hasn't stopped men <BR>stereotyping them as cowardly.
Examples:<BR><BR>English: manly, manliness<BR>Russian: muzhestvo - from muzh
"husband", muzhchina "man"<BR>Azerbaijani: mard, mardlik - from Persian mard
"man"<BR><BR>And what about German: männlich, Männlichkeit - don't they have
this <BR>connotation?<SPAN class=343593914-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=343593914-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> Same thing in German.</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>In fact, cowardice is considered
unmanly.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=343593914-20022005></SPAN><SPAN
class=343593914-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> It is just a negative human character
trait. As women can be courageous, they be cowards,
too.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=343593914-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> But I would not stereotype women as
cowards.</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=343593914-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> The title of a famous theatre play in
German is "Mother Courage" (by Bert Brecht).</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=343593914-20022005> </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=343593914-20022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> Fritz </FONT></SPAN><BR>--
<BR>Peter Kirk<BR>peter@qaya.org (personal)<BR>peterkirk@qaya.org (work)<BR><A
href="http://www.qaya.org/">http://www.qaya.org/</A><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></TT>
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