tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post2457126792417769272..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Actors and ActressesClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-43473933831799147012011-03-21T13:02:17.590-04:002011-03-21T13:02:17.590-04:00Once again: why don't men and women call thems...Once again: why don't men and women call themselves actresses? Is anybody going to try to answer this question, or are people just going to repeat the same thing like mechanical parrots?Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-87015736049024370432011-03-21T12:48:11.652-04:002011-03-21T12:48:11.652-04:00I call myself an actor because I don't believe...I call myself an actor because I don't believe that the separation is necessary.<br /><br />A dancer is a dancer.<br />A writer, a writer.<br />A poet is and always be a poet.<br />A painter is a painter, period---<br /><br />but why is an actor an actress?<br />As artists, we are one.<br /><br /><br />Gender specification is needed for casting (sometimes), but why keep at the segregation? I am proud to be in an MFA class of ACTORS... both men and women.donna simonehttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2523581/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-79250044339656182252010-12-22T13:39:09.527-05:002010-12-22T13:39:09.527-05:00One more try: Many other languages which exist in...One more try: Many other languages which exist in much LESS sexist cultures are much more gender divided than is American English.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-80536100759474630052010-12-22T13:38:03.924-05:002010-12-22T13:38:03.924-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-79614910964066569492010-12-22T13:09:00.170-05:002010-12-22T13:09:00.170-05:00I think that the attempt to make such nouns non ge...I think that the attempt to make such nouns non gender specific is a little silly/strange. Chinese has an extraordinarily sexist culture, in my opinion, but has a completely non-sexist language by English/American standards (excluding, perhaps, the fact that the word for "wife" is simply the word for "too much" twice.) Many other languages which exist in much more sexist cultures are much more gender divided than is American English.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-52763587697608846672010-12-21T17:52:27.579-05:002010-12-21T17:52:27.579-05:00"Actually, on that note, do you think we shou..."Actually, on that note, do you think we should keep calling female authors authoresses?"<br /><br />-As I said very clearly in the post, I'm in favor of privileging and applying the female noun to BOTH men and women. Let's dump "author," "poet", and "actor" altogether and consider them demeaning. Let everybody (women AND men) adopt the female title and be proud of it.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-84047352587970819712010-12-21T17:48:15.068-05:002010-12-21T17:48:15.068-05:00Clarissa,
I dislike being called an actress becaus...Clarissa,<br />I dislike being called an actress because I don't see why there should be a distinction between the sexes for this job title. There's no term for a female academic, do you think there should be? Actually, on that note, do you think we should keep calling female authors authoresses? To do so would sound extremely demeaning, surely, because the distinction is unnecessary. I think the reason the actor/actress distinction is still prevalent compared to, say, author/authoress, is because of the sexism still prevalent in the industry and the huge double standard between what is expected of male and female actors.Eleanornoreply@blogger.com