Talk:Renée Zellweger

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In keeping with avoiding sexist language wherever possible, i any reference to renee as an actress to an actor. It is taken for granted that she is female, and while actor is the normative, supposedly generic term, actress seems to suggest that she is a deviation to this norm. i urge everyone to assist in making these changes wherever possible and maintaining their edits to this regard.

additionally, terms such as 'comedienne', 'murderess' and 'chairman' should be changed to their gender neutral equivilants wherever possible, sensical and relevant. Character234 04:57, 21 January 2007 Character234 05:02, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, for Christ's sake, take your Newspeak and shove it.

I'd like to add that the word ‘chairman’ is not sexiest in that the 'man' part comes from the Latin word 'manus' meaning hand, and by changing it to 'chairwoman' you are making up a meaningless word with absolutely no etymological meaning and giving a gender neutral word a sexiest implication. Good job.

I heartily agree with the sentiment: take Newspeak and shove it!

In lots of words, the "man" in it comes from German and means "human being":

human, chairman, draftsman, fireman, junkman, mailman, manhole, policeman, watchman, etc.

The following are also perfectly-acceptable words denoting one of the female gender, and they always will be: actress, countess, duchess, huntress, lioness, postmistress, seamstress, songstress, and waitress.

[edit] Give Me A Break

Out of respect for Zellweger, my guess (and I'll bet it's a good one) is that she would like to be called an Actress and not an Actor.

Although Zellweger probably is in favor of womens rights, I doubt that she is a raving radical and I would wager further that she also has a traditional streak. Having said that-- can we get back to discussing her incredible acting and her bio? I thought that was the real point of this article.

128.138.173.228 (talk) 06:09, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know what the logical purpose of calling an actress an "actor" is, or who could possibly want to do that. We should also get rid of such offensive terms as "sister", "wife", "girlfriend" (not to mention "girl", "woman" and "female"). All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 19:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)