Comment on Why are expressions like "women artists" or "women writers" used?
Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months 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 2 months agoBecause male nurses are uncommon and in that specific circumstance female is the default that most people assume.
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
That doesn’t really answer why “woman” can be used this way but “man” can’t:
lena@gregtech.eu 2 months ago
Yeah that’s what I meant by my reply, thanks for clarifying