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Sleepyjack · 11-28-2003, 08:11 AM

You know how they sometimes have female and male equilivants of certain job descriptions, are we still meant to be doing that? or has it all become one?

some examples:
actor/actress
steward/stewardess
bachelor/bachlelorette
and so...

also i know bachelorette isn't really meant to be a word and it should be spinster, just that, that's what they were using on a recent reality tv show about an unmarried woman. Needless to say i only watched the 2nd last episode (eh? work that out)

ok, back onto topic now, are we still meant to be dividing the naming conventions or have they become assimilated onto the one word?

eg actor is for both female and male?

Just a little confused when i was thinking about it today?

also this was a gender issue, so i thought sexuality might be the place?

edit:
also, i know that some names might stay the same, for example they wouldn't make bachelor as to mean a woman as well, since they have spinster to describe a female, it's moreso about when the tak on an ette or an ess to the word, in order to make it female?

on a lighthearted note:
'cause, remember when you want to make a guys name into something female, you normally add an "elle", "inni"or soemthing like that to it

11-28-2003, 08:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	about gender naming/language conventions? You know how they sometimes have female and male equilivants of certain job descriptions, are we still meant to be doing that? or has it all become one? some examples: actor/actress steward/stewardess bachelor/bachlelorette and so... also i know bachelorette isn't really meant to be a word and it should be spinster, just that, that's what they were using on a recent reality tv show about an unmarried woman. Needless to say i only watched the 2nd last episode (eh? work that out) ok, back onto topic now, are we still meant to be dividing the naming conventions or have they become assimilated onto the one word? eg actor is for both female and male? Just a little confused when i was thinking about it today? also this was a gender issue, so i thought sexuality might be the place? edit: also, i know that some names might stay the same, for example they wouldn't make bachelor as to mean a woman as well, since they have spinster to describe a female, it's moreso about when the tak on an ette or an ess to the word, in order to make it female? on a lighthearted note: 'cause, remember when you want to make a guys name into something female, you normally add an "elle", "inni"or soemthing like that to it Last edited by Sleepyjack; 11-28-2003 at 08:14 AM..