Tirespa wrote:Individuality-ness wrote:Actor vs. Actress. Hero vs. Heroine. Steward vs. Stewardess. President vs. female President. Etc.
One of the nuances in the English language is this need to have different words to differentiate between genders doing what is essentially the same thing. For example, a male who acts is called an actor, a female who acts is an actress. A male who does heroic deeds is a hero, a female who does this is a heroine. And the list goes on and on.
My question is whether this is necessary at all. Do we need to have separate terms for male and females?
I personally do not think that we NEED separate words for males and females doing what is the same thing. To me, it's sexist, implying that a female cannot aspire to be an actor, a hero, etc, but instead must settle for a female version of it. Gender should not matter, and it doesn't matter. To me, suggesting that it makes a difference is part of patriarchy.
But what do you think?
I've just read a few pages and I see you are feminist. I mean like, the pure definition.
I'm not against any women, I'm actually for more rights. But here comes the problem: if you want complete equality - which some of the ultra-feminists (not saying you are one) want, you also have to think what the men don't do/do to women (at least in civilized countries):
- Don't punch or get into a brawl (if you want complete equality, you're also going to have to accept the fact that fights happen)
- Holding up the door (if you want complete equality, the door is going to get slammed into your face quite a few times more often)
- Don't insult (Apparently when a woman insults a man it's brave, but if a man insults a woman it's just wrong. That's not equality?)
- Don't scream at them (For men it's pretty normal to scream at each other if they're not the same opinion and they argue. We usually don't do this to women. You want equality? There 'ya go!)
I am by no means saying that men have less rights than women - in fact it's obviously the complete opposite! But changing up words and this complete equality thing is just shooting into your own soccer goal, or throwing a 3-pointer into your own basket.
Nothing someone says before the word "but" really counts.
You're clearly not familiar with Feminism. Else you would know that one of their principal justifications is that patriarchy also hurts men.
