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When did "actress" become a dirty word?
The politically correct term now is "female actor". What's that all about?
On both the Golden Globe and SAG awards "actor" and "actress" are now referred to as "male actor" and "female actor". It's still gender descriptive...and just seems odd.
5 Answers
- JuJuBeeLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Prolly the same time they became servers instead of waiters and waitress. Or Letter Carriers instead of Mail Man. Puhlease!
- AllyLv 51 decade ago
I don't know that it's become a dirty word but it's certainly fallen out of usage. I don't know why. I gotta say, though, I haven't heard anyone use the term "female actor" just "actor" which kinda works for me.
- 1 decade ago
never heard of such a thing. I will still call a female actor an actress and a male actor and actor. x]
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