Take back the word march

The English language sucks, and I blame women.

Okay, I don't really blame all women, though all women profit from this. Names used to describe people are always specific for women. There is hardly an occupation left out there where the name alone indicates that the gender of the worker is male.

For example.
A waiter is now a man or a woman.
A waitress is always a woman.
What's a uniquely male waiter?

And actors? comedians? the list could go on.

Nurses also face this dilemma. If one were to say only "nurse" female is assumed. We have to say male-nurse (contrary to the literal definition of a nurse).

I think what really burnt me up, though, the final straw, was when I saw the combination of words "Homosexuality/Lesbianism"

Call me crazy, but doesn't lesbianism fall under the category of homosexuality? If you've said homosexuality, haven't you already covered lesbianism? Deeply troubled by this linguistic ridiculousness, I diligently made my roommate get out the dictionary and look up terms that uniquely described male homosexuality. The results: nothing.

Lesbians, lighten up. No one's forgetting about you when we say homosexuality. It's a gender-neutral word.

In protest of the de-masculinization of the English language, I am organizing a take back the word march. Everyone who reads this blog is invited (we can play euchre afterwards if there are enough of you). At the march, we will be reciting historically masculine words like mailman, fireman, policeman. We will also eat beef jerky and drink beer.

Time and Location TBA.

In the meantime, I think I'm going to start using French words to describe jobs. They only discriminate some of the time, and the discrimination typically favors men (Doctors and one of the words for teachers, for example are always masculine).
Don't worry ladies, French doesn't forget about you. Women always have a job as a person, or even a victim (two always-feminine words)!

So victims and doctors (get it - ladies and gentlemen?), I hope to see you protect our currently-sucking language, and join me in my protest. I expect to see it on the WSU calendar for 2007.