Why are there gendered words for some professions like actor and actress but not e.g. doctor and doctress?
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Recently, I think the video game Trine 5 is the first time I actually seen something seriously use the word “Wizardess.”
Last time I’ve seen that used, it was when I was in highschool 20 years ago, and a classmate of mine wanted to make a Wizardess character.
It also makes me think of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel, Equal Rites, where there was the challenge where a girl is born a wizard (eighth child of an eighth child), but the Discworld inhabitants have no idea what to call her (and even mock male witches being called warlocks.)
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