Fun story time! The suffix -tor is actually, historically, used for men, i.e, aviator, doctor, etc. There exists another suffix, -trix, that isn’t used much at all anymore, but for women. You may know of one of the only remaining uses of this suffix (that I know about) in the form of “dominatrix”. This has been your antiquated vocabulary lesson. Test on Friday, homework due on Thursday.
Does that mean the male version of Beatrix is Beator? As in meat beator
I have heard phallatrix used as a euphemism (bc if it’s in Latin it’s fine…)
Honestly that’s probably the third best reason to get a doctorate I have ever heard.
The best is “I really want to spent four years researching this super specific stuff”.
The second best is “I’m interested in an academic career”.
All the others are worse.
“Freshie” “Bachelor” & my fav.
I too have earned a gender neutral pronoun. Makes me sound like a pompous ass of I were to insist it be used in everyday company.
Eh I don’t really like honorifics. I like people to just use my name.
I’d need more specifics but I don’t necessarily see any contradictions in those statements. Your gender identity could align with your sex at birth and you present as such in social situations, but you don’t want the bias that comes with Ms./Mr. (or, God forbid, Mrs.) in professional or impersonal situations.
For example, seeing Mr./Ms. somewhere on a CV or reference letter triggers ingrained patriarchal bias even with the best intentions.
Don’t worry these thoughts are totally cis. You can just say “still cis tho :3” and then it’s clear that there’s nothing eggy going on, I do it all the time
