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PC is REDEFINING phrase to be POLITICALLY 'correct'
its no longer a steward or stewardess ..now we say flight attendant
its no longer actor and actress..they are all actors now
its no longer policeman, fireman...now its fire person
Generally speaking, women want to be treated as equals to their male counterparts. Gender neutrality in titles is one part of accomplishing that. For example, you wouldn't refer to a "black-steward" and a "white-steward", would you?
I haven't heard of anyone getting arrested or fired because they said "stewardess". It's just that as a society we have moved toward the gender-neutral titles. I suppose there is a fair amount of peer pressure to do so. But it's really a pretty trivial thing. The subject of this thread is, why are you sooo irritated that actresses and stewardesses are now called actors and stewards?
Now, using "Asian" instead of "oriental" might be the same situation as the above. What I don't know is, do Asian people actually object to the term "oriental"?
but the FACT is that scientifically/medically/physiologically it still is a mental or neurological disorder.... its the way they think
its the same with the transsexual people... its a neurological disorder to have a genetically female human THINK they are a male
for example: Chasity Bono.. Sonny and Cher's daughter.... she may THINK she FEELS like a male...she may have surgeries to emplace a penis on her, and call herself Chaz... but she will never be able to sire a child with another woman...and she will ALWAYS BE y-chrome
btw... since Chasity was gay...and Chaz thinks he is male, but still is attracted to females... is he no longer gay.... is the transsexual surgery the '''cure''' for gayness??
certainly not PC views/questions..... but they certainly are valid views/questions
I'm not sure what it has to do with being PC. Being PC is more about just calling Chaz "he" and not mocking Chaz by refusing to call Chaz "he."
You are not Chaz, so why do you care if Chaz is trans or not?
That's pretty much how I approach such matters and it works quite well.
Sidebar: Plenty of XYs who identify as male also cannot sire children. Are they less male?
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Generally speaking, women want to be treated as equals to their male counterparts. Gender neutrality in titles is one part of accomplishing that. For example, you wouldn't refer to a "black-steward" and a "white-steward", would you?
I haven't heard of anyone getting arrested or fired because they said "stewardess". It's just that as a society we have moved toward the gender-neutral titles. I suppose there is a fair amount of peer pressure to do so. But it's really a pretty trivial thing. The subject of this thread is, why are you sooo irritated that actresses and stewardesses are now called actors and stewards?
Now, using "Asian" instead of "oriental" might be the same situation as the above. What I don't know is, do Asian people actually object to the term "oriental"?
Depends on which Asian person you ask.
So, it's safer not to use Oriental when speaking of people. When speaking of furniture? Totally fine.
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Oriental, when referring to a person, is actually quite rude. It refers to objects and locations, not to living beings.
The rest? It is really up to the industry or individual. What's so horrific about them being called flight attendants now?
Nothing.
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Oriental, when referring to a person, is actually quite rude.
why is it rude
are they not from the region called the orient ... should they be called by their scientific name of mongoloid ??
who decided it is rude
so is calling a person from Italy , Italian now rude
or if we are going to use regional... is it rude to call someone European or eastern European.. or Eurasian
just what lamebrain decided that that is rude..... now slant-eye...yes that is rude.... but oriental is rude?............ only in fascist liberal mindthink amerika
You will never be at a loss when searching for hyperbole on the internet.
actually, each of those 'pc' equivalencies in that tweet were used within the last few days by democrat politicians. not hyperbole.
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