Nicole Kidman Worked With 19 Women Directors in Eight Years
Nicole Kidman Worked With 19 Women Directors in Eight Years
Nicole Kidman vowed to work with a woman director every 18 months. She has since gone to work with 19 of them in eight years.
Nicole Kidman vowed to work with a woman director every 18 months. She has since gone to work with 19 of them in eight years.
Is it just me or is "woman director" strange grammar? Why not "female director"? "Woman" is a noun. Would you say "man director"? Or, "I work for a man boss"... ?
23 1 ReplyBecause using "female" makes you sound like an incel.
Would you say "man director"? Or, "I work for a man boss"... ?
No, but that's because "male" doesn't have the same kind of bigotry-tainted political connotation. Which is pretty much the point.
4 17 ReplyIt might actually be a case of hypercorrection here. Replacing female with woman even when female is the correct word.
5 0 ReplyIncels use "female" as a noun. Using it as an adjective is fine.
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That's good or bad?
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