Reddit antifeminists lose it over women referring to themselves as “actors” instead of “actresses”

At one point in the Depp/Heard trial, Amber Heard referred to herself as an “actor,” instead of an “actress,” and some of the boys in the Antifeminists subreddit are evidently still pig-biting mad about it.

What’s Up With Feminists Replacing The Word ” Actress ” With ” Actor “? asks DeputyDak in a post to the Antifeminists subreddit today.

I can’t be the only one who’s noticed this.

But off late some people have stopped using the word ” actress ” to describe a woman who acts professionally. And instead just calling her an ” actor “.

But why? What’s wrong with calling women actresses? They now think the differentiation between the word ” actor ” and ” actress ” is sexist. Because according to them acknowledging differences between men and women is sexism.

In that case why are they using ” actor ” as the baseline, instead of just calling males actresses as well? What a self own. Lmao. This just gives you a window into their mind. They want to be men.

Yeah, it couldn’t be that the dictionary definition of “actor” is gender-neutral, a “person who acts.” Or that “actress” — like , say, the patronizing term “comedienne” — is a diminutive, implying a lesser version of something.

But forget all that. The real reason must be that feminists — sorry, “feministesses” — want to be men.

And speaking of “comedienne.”

“They also do it with comedian and comedienne,” JoeSmith1907 complains.

I think it’s part of the agenda that says that sex is a social construct. When I see people use actor instead of actress I call them out for sexism.

Well, that ‘s because you’re an idiot. Sorry, a “male idiotress.”

GivePuppiesBazookas has an even more convoluted reason for hating women who call themselves actors.

Like everything else, they make it sexist and separate when it benefits them. When it doesn’t, we are all the same. This is them trying to say we are the same because they don’t need or want anything in that area (since it’s essentially equal anyway, men play men, women play women, etc.)

Huh

So watch, when they bring up Hollywood pay in the future, actor and actress with be separate again so they can claim actresses get paid less

It’s not a claim. They do get paid less. Which is maybe another reason not to use a diminutive when talking about them.

If you’re looking at actual everyday usage, actress is still the preferred term for female actors. But that’s changing, in part because actors like Heard are using the term “actor” instead of “actress.” That’s how language works. Definitions follow usage.

Many of these feminized terms have already fallen from fashion. No one refers to female professors as “professoresses” any more, and you’d get an annoyed look if you referred to a Jewish woman as a “Jewess.”

But “velodipedestrienne” will always be in style.

You see me rollin’ up pops you step aside.

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