Although words themselves are not responsible for sexism, many perpetuate the idea that men and women are so different that you must use separate words—even if they are doing the same thing.
When I was a child, there was a time when I did not know what the word ‘actress’ meant. Iknow what ‘actor’ meant and just assumed, naively, that there was just one word for those people that I saw in movies and TV shows. Eventually, someone corrected me. I can’t remember exactly who, or what they said, but I vividly remember my confusion.
Badger. This was particularly noticeable in basketball, when the girls team played earlier on in the evening. Most parents were still at work. You could tell that the boys game was about to start when the stands started filling up, until there were double the spectators idly chatting during the girls game while they waited for the boys to come out. The girls team was nearly undefeated while the boys were last in their division.
Although the words themselves are not responsible for sexism, they perpetuate the idea that men and women are so different that you must use separate words even if they are doing the same thing. Both waiters and waitresses serve the same purpose: taking orders, delivering food to the customers and taking payment. Actors and actresses do the exact same thing, and yet awards shows like the Oscars have separated them into different categories.
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