Manhole is Maintenance Hole. (Please…don’t turn this into a Uranus-like discussion)
Firemen are Firefighters.
Police are Nazis (/sarc, but only a little bit)
Freshmen are First Years.
Amen is now Awoman.
Or this list from Berkeley…
“Bondsman” vs “Bonds-person”
“Brother” “Sibling”
“Chairman” “Chair,“ “chairperson”
“Craftsmen” “Craftspeople,” “artisans”
“Fireman,” “Firewoman,” “Firemen,”“Firewomen” become “Firefighter,” “firefighters”
“Fraternal” “Social”
“Heirs” “Beneficiaries”
“Journeyman” “Journey”
‘Maiden” “Family”
“Male” and “female” become “People of different genders”
“Manhole” “Maintenance hole”
“Manmade” becomes “Human-made” “Artificial” “manufactured”“machine made” “synthetic”
“Manpower” “Human effort”
“Manpower” “Workforce”
“Master” becomes “Captain,” “Skipper,” “Pilot,” “Safety Officer,”“Central”
“Men and women” “People”
“Men or women” “A single gender”
“Ombudsman” becomes “Ombuds, “Investigating Official”
“Patrolmen” “Patrol,” “Guards”“Policeman,” “Policewoman,”“Policemen,“ “Policewomen” become “Police Officer,” “Police Officers”
“Pregnant” (woman, women) “Pregnant employees”
“Repairman” becomes “Repairs,” “Repairer”
“Salesman” becomes “Salesperson,” “Salespeople”
“Sister” “Sibling”
“Sorority,” “Fraternity” become “Collegiate Greek system residence”
“Sportsman” “Hunters”
“The masculine pronoun includes thefeminine” = “Words referring to a specific gender may be extended to any other gender”
“Watchmen” “Guards”
I recommend that the Oscars have only a “best actor” award.
Yet we still have Whores and Gigolos. I guess the androgynous “sex worker” covers that.
well, I lot of actors are now actresses so it makes sense.
Stupid shit.
Actress, another word that we woke up one morning and while reading the paper or magazine thought it must be a misprint calling her an actor, but as the days and weeks went by we realized that again, someone, somewhere, an all controlling central authority that we still don’t what it is, had decided that our language had changed again.
With all of these instant and imposed changes from nowhere, I am no longer a gay person, and if I had a Mrs. she would probably agree about these mysterious but instantly firm and fixed word changes.
Why Are Females Now Called Actors?
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because not all ‘female actors’ are actually female?
They always have been called actors in the business. Only outsiders called them actresses.
Some people think that many “female” actresses are trans, so it makes sense to call them actors if that’s true.
I don’t hold to this line of thinking, but it’s out there.
I don’t see how doing away with “actress” does anything to advance gender equality. These thespians (how about using that word instead of “actor” and “actress”?) portray males and females; that is, until recently with the introduction of the multitude of different “gender identities.” Under the traditional way of doing things, has any actress been turned down for a female role because she is female? Have female lead and supporting roles ever been second class citizens compared to male roles?
It all sounds like Orwell’s Newspeak to me. Total crap!
But, but........ What is a Woman?
Closer analogy would be poet and poetess.
When did actresses become actors?
I’m guessing it started with “Elliot Page.”
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More seriously perhaps, the “ess” ending came to be regarded as demeaning by feminists (as in poetess, for example) in the 1980s, and since the 1990s we’ve been hearing women call themselves “actors”
What are they going to do with midwife and wet nurse? And how about master and mistress?
How about not trying to change the language?
Money.
There was an era, in the late 80’s or so where references to the third person would be ‘him/her’ or some such nonsense. This percolated into textbooks and other technical material.
Addressing a mixed group of boys and girls, it used to be guys and gals. Now it’s just “you” guys.
De-femenizing themselves?
Whatever happened to “girl power!” and all that?