Comment on Why are expressions like "women artists" or "women writers" used?
Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month agoBecause male nurses are uncommon and in that specific circumstance female is the default that most people assume.
Comment on Why are expressions like "women artists" or "women writers" used?
Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month agoBecause male nurses are uncommon and in that specific circumstance female is the default that most people assume.
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
That doesn’t really answer why “woman” can be used this way but “man” can’t:
lena@gregtech.eu 1 month ago
Yeah that’s what I meant by my reply, thanks for clarifying