Don't they know English?
- Thread starter Madman Starryteller
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Never seen that.
you mean like instead of saying "female scientist" they say "woman scientist" ?
But the females in my family have been known to pump our hands in the air and shout, "Girl power!"
Yes. Exactly. Female is grammatically correct.
Any takers for "scientistess?"
Denominating gender in activities has always bothered me. An actor is a person who acts. A murderer someone who murders. Robber, farmer, gardener, roofer, police officer, and on and on, refer to activities. That's all. Gender has no bearing on those activities and I don't understand why it should be specified.
Denominating gender in activities has always bothered me. An actor is a person who acts. A murderer someone who murders. Robber, farmer, gardener, roofer, police officer, and on and on, refer to activities. That's all. Gender has no bearing on those activities and I don't understand why it should be specified.
fair. But why is male the default? Why isn’t Chris Evans a good actress? Why do we assume the male default is gender neutral? Just curious.
Or OJ Simpson an acquitted murderess??
Apparently, they're now all homiciders.
The problem is that “ female” has become a loaded term thanks to the tater tots. You know the ones that say stuff like “ feminism has ruined females” ( where incidentally the grammatically correct term is women)
Thanks to the toxic usage it has become difficult for those who are not of that ilk to use the term… I remember saying female members once while arguing with the chicken clique and them all jumping up and down about how sexist it was and women members was preferable
Thanks to the toxic usage it has become difficult for those who are not of that ilk to use the term… I remember saying female members once while arguing with the chicken clique and them all jumping up and down about how sexist it was and women members was preferable
Really? I see it way too much in news articles.
Weird.
At one point, all actors were male in many societies.
I get that. But the grammar bothers me. I don't think female should be a bad word.
Yes, it is. How often do you see "The guy homicided him." in US media?
It’s because etymology wise the dominant root is used as the male one hence actor could be non gender specific since it means someone who acts whereas an actress specifically means a woman who acts
I don't think actor specifies gender. The activity is to act. The person doing it is the actor. Rather than seeing the male as default, I'd suggest it's a latter day acknowledgement that women exist in speres traditionally owned by men. Male nurses? Maybe it works the other eway round too. As long as they can stop the bleeding, I don't care.
The what now?
Probably best not to go into it lest I done a dark clucking horde
I think nowadays most female actors refer to themselves as just that - "I am an actor."
And authors call themselves authors.
We used to have Bean Gardaí around here, meaning woman police officers. It was eliminated when it was agreed it only served to undermine their equality with male colleagues, unequal treatment that was real and documented.