which is what this thread is about, challenging unconscious bias.
No it isn’t.
The definition of the word actress is not sexist in any way. The word correctly defines a female actor. The poster claiming it is an outdated title is probably right but it’s still widely used as seen in the multiple links to best actress awards that people have posted on this thread.
So it’s outdated but not sexist? Okay.
Why do you think it’s outdated if it has nothing to
do with sexism? I have no real strong feelings either way. I prefer to use gender neutral terms for job titles but that’s my preference.
On the other hand, a male acting in a show in an exaggerated stereotype of an older woman for laughs is a perfect example of internalized misogyny but people can’t see it, yet.
Again, if you’d ever actually seen a pantomime you’d realise that this is not the case. You’ve built the role of a pantomime dame up into something it isn’t and have got all angry about it. Bit the thing you’re getting angry about doesn’t actually exist.
You’re comparing it to a drag artist and that is not what the character is.
It’s a male character but your refusal to acknowledge that is influencing your views.
Another example is Drag, where mainstream acceptance of men dressing as a hugely unrealistic, exaggerated versions of women, fake boobs, overtly sexualised and bitchy patter is misogyny.
The unrealistic and exaggerated features, similar to the black and white minstrels which, right so, was abolished and an embarrassment to the entertainment industry.
This isn’t a thread about drag artists. If you want to discuss the rights and wrongs of drag then start a thread about it. By conflating the two issues you’re just tying yourself in knots.
The drag queen on RuPaul’s drag race whose act included him dressed as an exaggerated versions of a woman, huge fake boobs and squeezing fake milk out of his fake boobs into bottles onto a table for popular mainstream TV is absolutely disgusting:
What has that got to do with a pantomime. What do you think is actually happening at a family focused Christmas pantomime?
1 in 4 women will be raped in their lifetime by a man and women are still having to take companies to court for unfair dismissal due to ageism and sexism towards older women so we can do without being depicted as stereotypes by men for laughs.
Men dressing as a female stereotype whether it is an older woman, bitchy woman or lactating woman is misogyny plain and simple.
You sound unhinged. As a women who has been sexually assaulted numerous times I think you are being ridiculous. Again, I’ll ask what that fuck does this have to do with a character in a pantomime?
The word Actress, however, is just a definition, although I’m happy to use actor if she so wishes but often this needs clarification that it’s the female actor we are referring to.
Yes, because of unconscious bias.