There is no English word for a female doctor

There is an English word for women who act, and it is not derogatory to use it. I am genuinely (not argumentatively) baffled by the suggestion that actress was invented as a word in order to emphasise gender because it was shameful for a woman to act. That just doesn't make any sense.

I wouldn't use authoress or manageress, I'm not sure how much they've ever been used

Would you use waitress? Hostess? Ballerina? Heroine?

Posted By: Old Git on January 12th 2016 at 17:33:49

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Whilst I think of it, people who say PRESSER instead of press conference (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 12, 16:14:25
- Makes me think of two jags,the punching egged up twat. (n/m) (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 16:22:42
- Agree PREZZO is far better (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 12, 16:19:27
  - Here's the twist: (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 12, 16:28:05
    - Aha! (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 12, 16:29:20
- Mental gnomes. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jan 12, 16:16:19
  - unfortunately everyone says it nowadays (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 16:20:42
    - So it's not everyone then. (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Jan 12, 16:31:54
      - no, not quite everyone (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 16:37:44
    - Pacific instead of specific and actor for women.... (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 16:24:50
      - YES (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 16:51:29
      - Fairy Snuff (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 12, 16:27:56
      - Actor for women is standard now (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Jan 12, 16:26:50
        
        Waitress? Goddess? Ballerina? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 16:50:49
        
        ...actress is like saying 'lady doctor' if you ask me (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Jan 12, 16:28:10
        
        Never seen actress as lesser than actor... (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 16:31:08
        
        Of course it's not offensive unless you're a PC prick with hipster pubes (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 16:56:03
        
        Would you say authoress, managaress or 'lady doctor'? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 12, 17:25:33
        
        There is no English word for a female doctor (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 17:33:49
        
        don't we say "male ballerina"? (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 17:07:27
        
        Strictly it's ballerino (since ballerina is Italian) but no-one uses that, "danseur" is (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 17:16:47
        
        sadly too many people don't care or are ignorant about it (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 17:43:48
        
        Haha (n/m) (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 18:30:03
        
        sorry, saw a program last night with various experts discussing why we would all die soon (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 19:05:07
        
        It's like when I'm referred to as a 'top male model' - I'm a top model FFS. Similarly (NCFC) - Adster, Jan 12, 17:05:56
        
        The actress thing is just wrong.... (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 17:10:40
        
        Correct (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 17:19:30
        
        Bang on there OG (NCFC) - CauldRon, Jan 12, 18:49:33
        
        Agreed! (n/m) (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 18:28:20
        
        Yes...why? (n/m) (NCFC) - yellowman, Jan 12, 16:27:12
    - Gotten is olde Englishe though. (NCFC) - APB, Jan 12, 16:22:50
      - true, as are most merkinsms (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 12, 16:27:43
    - 24/7, "at the end of the day", etc etc (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jan 12, 16:22:44
      - "your Manchester United's, your Chelsea's" (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 12, 16:28:54
        
        Aaaarrrgghhhhhhhh I HATE that (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 12, 16:51:16
      - 'quit' always annoys me for some reason (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Jan 12, 16:23:20

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