gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhy do some languages use gendered nouns?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareWhy do some languages use gendered nouns?gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredamnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 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-up3·edit-29 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?
-due to traditional heirarchies, most job descriptions ending in -ess (or worse, starlet instead of star) are a devalued or less respected title