On 18 July 2012 13:03, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>wrote;wrote:
On 18 July 2012 12:32, <james.farrar(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
"Actress" is certainly not obsolescent
in common usage, and I would
suggest it is not the role of Wikipedia to redefine
the English language.
The point here is whether "occupation" is gendered, though, in this
case. Cf. firefighter, seafarer and so on.
Interesting that you pick two occupations where, prior to more modern
times, female participation has been fairly non-existent.
Tom