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Letter: Mummies dearest

Published 29 May 2004

From Brian King

The editorial “Two parents, same sex” puzzles over what the phenomenon should be called. It suggests using the unwieldy “homoparentism” (24 April, p 8). May I suggest “Amazonogenesis” from Greek mythology? Of course in those times the women actually went once a year for temporary unions with Gargarensians, rearing only the female children, at least according to several of the myths about them.

New Milton, Hampshire, UK

Issue no. 2449 published 29 May 2004

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