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Actor / Actress

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Brutuskend

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You see women called both actors and actresses.

It seems to me it's just another sign of P.C. gone wild.

Seems pretty stupid to me.

I personally prefer Actress myself, and I tend to feel better about a woman that calls herself such. Maybe just because I think the whole PC crap is out of control...

That is all.
 
Feminists aren't exactly known as being the most rational people. They can't even agree on this topic.

If you say "actor", they'll yell at you for throwing a label on them that is meant for a man. They want to be called "actress" to signify their woman-ness and independence from anything male.

If you say "actress", they'll yell at you for putting them in a group that doesn't include men, as if you're saying that they can't compete with men, or they're not good enough to be in a league that includes men.

I find it more effective to just tell them to STFU and make me a sandwich.
 
I've seen it used both ways in articles, but I haven't seen anybody get criticized for using one or the other. If it was a big deal, people would be protesting the Oscars for "Best Actress."

Why do you care?
 
Originally posted by: jalaram
I've seen it used both ways in articles, but I haven't seen anybody get criticized for using one or the other. If it was a big deal, people would be protesting the Oscars for "Best Actress."

Why do you care?
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I'm strange.

Just now figuring that out?
 
iirc, there was at least one year that the oscars referred to women as "actors in a female role" or something to that effect.

then i remember it switched back to "actress".
 
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