{"id":951,"date":"2012-01-12T13:25:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T17:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=951"},"modified":"2012-01-12T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T17:26:49","slug":"greek-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"Greek #6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Root: GYN<\/strong>, GYNE<\/strong>, GYNEC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meaning: I am<\/del> woman, hear me roar!<\/del><\/p>\n

Words:<\/p>\n

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  1. gynarchy<\/strong> (n) (arch = rule, govern): government run by women<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Generally, I believe that gender should be completely irrelevant when choosing someone to govern a body of people. However, in the case of my family, I do feel it should be considered, and that a gynarchy<\/span> with yours truly at the helm might be best. Certainly, LCB is well-intentioned, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s readily apparent who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s closer to omniscience in this land with two big and three small people in it.<\/p>\n

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    1. gynoid<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 (n) (-oid = like): like a woman, a female robot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Androids (andro means man) fill the pages and pictures of science fiction books and movies, but what about gynoids<\/span>? Why do robots tend to be male, and why do we often still refer to them as androids even when they are female? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve wrestled deeply with this issue over the ages.<\/p>\n

      Except, not really. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not partial to science fiction, and I certainly don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t own a robot, nor am I in the market for one. So really, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve only considered this question since I started this post. But, I found the paragraph above entertaining to write, so let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretend I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve lost sleep pondering the lack of use of the word gynoid<\/span> and how to rectify this grave injustice.<\/p>\n

      3. gynecologist<\/strong> (n) (log = study of) (-ist = person): person who studies and specializes in female diseases and care of female medical needs<\/p>\n

      After my first child was born, there was this sweet moment in the hospital where the pediatrician had just left my room and my gynecologist<\/span> came in, oohing and aahing over my baby. I had never considered the medical profession as a career option before, but in that moment, having just had great experiences with both doctors, I remember thinking that maybe I could see myself doing it after all.<\/p>\n

      Then, my gynecologist<\/span> turned from the baby to me and said brightly, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Okay, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s do a quick pelvic check, to see if everything\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in order,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and the moment was so, so, so instantly and completely over.<\/p>\n

      God bless the gynecologists<\/span> (and all the medical personnel) of the world, seriously, because they do essential, life-saving work on a daily basis. But that is not the cross I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m meant to bear.<\/p>\n

      Also, for misogynist<\/strong>, see Greek # 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Root: GYN, GYNE, GYNEC Meaning: I am woman, hear me roar! Words: gynarchy (n) (arch = rule, govern): government run by women Generally, I believe that gender should be completely irrelevant when choosing someone to govern a body of people. However, in the case of my family, I do feel it should be considered, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[831,17,312,827,829,828,105,100,465,363,830],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etymology-lessons","tag-coastal-life","tag-etymology-2","tag-greek-roots","tag-gynarch","tag-gynecologist","tag-gynoid","tag-island-life","tag-island-living","tag-island-mom","tag-misogynist","tag-words-with-gyn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}