Why are there gendered words for some professions like actor and actress but not e.g. doctor and doctress?

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Why are there gendered words for some professions like actor and actress but not e.g. doctor and doctress?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Because when those gendered job titles were invented, nobody could conceive of a woman being a doctor. God forbid! But there were already female actors. They were, of course, women of ill repute, but they existed.

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