guitarpete247
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Mother?
I know of a few men who could definitely be called Mothers .
Mother?
She self-identifies as a woman - wears female clothing and carries a female name. That's good enough for me.You can't be sure...
....though some refuse to change. Landlord and landlady, for example, or binmen.
Not exactly on topic but consistent with the opening post
At the start of JK Rowlings career the publishers insisted on JK instead of her real full name as some people would be put off if the author was female This train of thought is behind the neutral job titles
She self-identifies as a woman - wears female clothing and carries a female name. That's good enough for me.
I'm not claiming women can't be as competent as a bloke with a spanner, but in such a male dominated profession, I reckon many would think "Cant you send a bloke?"
50% of the time my barber is a woman. The other 50% of the time its her husband.
When I was in London 50% of the time my barber was a Man. The other 50% of the time it was his husband.
personally I think neutrality is a good thing... as we live in a culture where we judge people's ability by gender to a certain extent.
Imagine breaking down on the motorway, calling the AA or RAC and being told "A mechanicess will be with you shortly" ... I'm not claiming women can't be as competent as a bloke with a spanner, but in such a male dominated profession, I reckon many would think "Cant you send a bloke?"
This fad for not using the feminine when describing some professions pisses me off for some reason. In our newspaper this Sunday there was a picture of an actress, can't remember who, and they called her an actor in the picture caption. WTF is wrong with calling her an actress ??
I was pondering this the other day. Headmistress/master have become headteacher. Flight attendant instead of steward and air hostess. In fact, most professions have adopted a gender-neutral title, seemingly without fuss, though some refuse to change. Landlord and landlady, for example, or binmen.
Not exactly on topic but consistent with the opening post
At the start of JK Rowlings career the publishers insisted on JK instead of her real full name as some people would be put off if the author was female This train of thought is behind the neutral job titles
Why? Did you want to know whether she was black or white? Gay or straight? Young or old? Successful or unsuccessful?
Someone's sex is utterly irrelevant to their ability to do the overwhelming majority of jobs, so there should in principle be absolutely no need to distinguish by job title. We should think ourselves lucky we have a language where this is possible, and don't need to resort to the German abomination "Mitarbeiter/in".
In the same vein, anyone want to start a debate on the "singular they"
I'd already coloured her in as a white, middle aged, middle class person.