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Person of the female persuasion

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2:13AM
Aug-27-08


dovie17

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Growing up I heard Jews referred to as persons of the Jewish persuasion. Around the mid-70s I began to hear women referred to as persons of the female persuasion or an African-American referred to as a person of the Negro persuasion. A few years ago I heard a person described as not being of the human persuasion.

I’m wondering when this humorous use first appeared.

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9:33AM
Aug-27-08


dilettante

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“Person of the female persuasion” - without much effort, here’s a link to the phrase in The Romances of Alexandre Dumas, as translated in 1893.
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