Female Actors

Explain to me why we can’t say ‘actress’ anymore? “She’s such a brave actor”

Doesn’t ‘actress’ MEAN an actor of the female gender? And isn’t ‘actress’ infinitely more elegant than ‘female actor’? Who starts this nonsense?

Um, romance languages routinely differentiate between genders without any perceived value judgment. Maybe we should reach out to the Spaniards on the Senor/Senora front. Get those Latin sisters into the movement. (Or maybe not.)

The function of language is the efficient transfer of information. We don’t say “Oh look at the female bear parent protecting it’s cubs.” We’d be an idiot.

It’s not a diminution to say ‘actress’…it’s information. Now we know it’s a woman playing the role.

We gotta stave off some of this stupidity. What’s next? How about the skirt silhouette on the bathroom door? It’s not a judgment on preferred urinary posture. Its just information. The female pee-ers who encounter this very lucid potty icon are advised there’s a reasonable chance of finding some piss-free porcelain to sit on. It’s a win.

Besides, if we’re really being ideologically pure and correct, why stop at just dropping ‘actress?’ Shouldn’t we fold the Best Supporting Female Actor category into the Best Supporting Male Actor category since the very existence of gender separation is offensive and condescending to women?

We could shave a good twenty minutes off the Oscars. And think of the money we’d save on gowns.