Re:Google Announces Global Campaign To Legalize Gay Marriage
by corin_ on Sunday July 08, 2012 @04:04PM
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> "It's not sexist to have such words, it's just useful."
Less so now than in the past, but there are feminists who would disagree with you on that, and who do consider "waitress vs waiter", "actress vs actor" etc. to be sexist.
> "Colour does not matter, which is why our language doesn't have specific words for say a black waiter."
Actually our language does have some specific words for people of different colours, plenty of them are now considered racist. I'm sure you don't need a list of examples here.
Less so now than in the past, but there are feminists who would disagree with you on that, and who do consider "waitress vs waiter", "actress vs actor" etc. to be sexist.
> "Colour does not matter, which is why our language doesn't have specific words for say a black waiter."
Actually our language does have some specific words for people of different colours, plenty of them are now considered racist. I'm sure you don't need a list of examples here.