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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
'Lady' as a noun, makes no one frown.
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Ah, it's 'lady' as an adjective that is at issue.
Is it the entire idea of differentiating by gender?
Like 'male nurse' should now just be 'nurse?'
If so, I get that. No need to call out the gender of a nurse, or a race car driver, or an editor in passing mention.
Surely though, there are times when the small difference of gender (vive la différence) within an occupation are indeed relevant to a discussion. In those cases, is the word 'lady' as an adjective, still considered condescending?
What's the PC term? "Female?" "X Chromsome-gifted?"
ApK
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Well, then you are sexist, Timmy, because you think of Suzy as your 'lady friend' and not just your 'friend.'
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