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Post by darkpast on Dec 14, 2018 18:32:34 GMT
Let's right this wrong
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Dec 14, 2018 21:00:01 GMT
Dana Andrews.
Dana Winter.
Dana Elcar.
Dana Delaney.
Leslie Howard.
Leslie Caron.
Which thespian is male, and which female -- without seeing a picture of them?
I have no problem with the descriptive "actress" being used.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Dec 14, 2018 22:43:03 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 15, 2018 6:43:55 GMT
Huh?
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Post by MCDemuth on Dec 15, 2018 6:54:49 GMT
I have no problem with the descriptive term "actress" being used either, because I am not a delusional snowflake...
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Post by Aj_June on Dec 15, 2018 10:23:03 GMT
Most of the times these requests are made as sarcasm on imaginary people who supposedly want such things. I have very rarely seen a person actually making such requests. Of course, there are such people but they are very rare and probably make those requests to seek attention. People making fun of those are a lot more visible. In a way, it gives them the happiness of not being a snowflake or whatever. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 22, 2018 6:43:16 GMT
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Post by dirtypillows on Dec 22, 2018 8:59:38 GMT
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Post by ghostintheshell on Dec 24, 2018 12:37:51 GMT
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 26, 2018 6:39:56 GMT
Dana Andrews.
Dana Winter.
Dana Elcar.
Dana Delaney.
Leslie Howard.
Leslie Caron.
Which thespian is male, and which female -- without seeing a picture of them?
I have no problem with the descriptive "actress" being used. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 26, 2018 7:08:15 GMT
You FORGOT Leslie Nielsen. As long as you don't call him Shirley. |
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Post by James on Dec 30, 2018 21:37:31 GMT
Nah keep it the same.
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Post by egon1982 on Dec 31, 2018 21:21:30 GMT
Keep it the same.
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Post by kls on Jan 1, 2019 0:06:37 GMT
There is nothing offensive about being a woman. I couldn't care less if actress stays and I am not offended.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 7:06:33 GMT
I personally prefer the term actress. It is like the difference between Prince and Princess. 
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 2, 2019 11:53:18 GMT
You are probably trolling, but just in case you are being serious: there is absolutely nothing offensive or sexist about the word "actress".
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Post by kls on Jan 2, 2019 11:56:44 GMT
You are probably trolling, but just in case you are being serious: there is absolutely nothing offensive or sexist about the word "actress". It's offensive to act as if a word that denotes a female is sexist and offensive (as if there is something degrading about being a female). |
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Post by charzhino on Jan 7, 2019 13:42:52 GMT
You are probably trolling, but just in case you are being serious: there is absolutely nothing offensive or sexist about the word "actress".
The justification goes:
You wouldn't call a female doctor a doctress.
You wouldn't call a female laywer a layweress.
You wouldn't call a female teacher a teacheress.
Therefore you shouldn't call a female actor a actress.
Because it implies that the teacher, doctor, lawyer have different qualities if they are genderized with the male version being more senior. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 7, 2019 15:58:14 GMT
You are probably trolling, but just in case you are being serious: there is absolutely nothing offensive or sexist about the word "actress".
The justification goes:
You wouldn't call a female doctor a doctress.
You wouldn't call a female laywer a layweress.
You wouldn't call a female teacher a teacheress.
Therefore you shouldn't call a female actor a actress.
You wouldn't call a female doctor a doctress because the word "doctress" doesn't exist in the English language.
You wouldn't call a female lawyer a lawyeress because the word "lawyeress" doesn't exist in the English language.
You wouldn't call a female teacher a teacheress because the word "teacheress" doesn't exist in the English language.
The word "actress" on the other hand has existed for a long time and there is absolutely no reason to stop using it.
Furthermore, male and female doctors, lawyers and teachers perform exactly the same functions, whereas actors and actresses perform slightly different ones: actors play male roles and actresses play female roles. Most roles in movies, TV or theatre are written specifically for one gender or the other, so it is useful to be able to make the distinction between males who act and females who act.
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Post by redhorizon on Jan 9, 2019 8:04:34 GMT
Better than calling male actor or female actor. For animals IMDb doesn't use animal actor. Instead, it's just actor for a male animal and just actress for a female animal. Beasley the DogLassie |
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