@gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 5 months agoWhy do some languages use gendered nouns?message-square74fedilinkarrow-up1136file-text
arrow-up1136message-squareWhy do some languages use gendered nouns?@gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@damnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink2•5 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-squarelivuslinkfedilink6•edit-25 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