gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy do some languages use gendered nouns?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareWhy do some languages use gendered nouns?gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredamnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoQuick Question (to OP and beyond) - the English language has wording for the gender of a person who acts - actor/actress. Yet, these days, most people in the movie or theatre industry call themselves “actors”. They’ve dropped the word “actress”. Do we know why?
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months ago part of a wider trend eg “waitstaff” or “server” instead of “waiter”/“waitress” due to traditional heirarchies, most job descriptions ending in -ess (or worse, starlet instead of star) are a devalued or less respected title easier to just have one plural
Quick Question (to OP and beyond) - the English language has wording for the gender of a person who acts - actor/actress.
Yet, these days, most people in the movie or theatre industry call themselves “actors”. They’ve dropped the word “actress”.
Do we know why?
part of a wider trend eg “waitstaff” or “server” instead of “waiter”/“waitress”
due to traditional heirarchies, most job descriptions ending in -ess (or worse, starlet instead of star) are a devalued or less respected title
easier to just have one plural