Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
In fact, the ideal genderless noun contains … drum roll … man!
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Women have had a tough enough time over some of the gender politics recently, surely we’re not about to cancel out the word Aviatrix that belongs to the brave female Pilots and Navigators over the past 100 years or so. Bonkers…
If you were quoting my post the ideal genderless name I suggested was aeronaut. Not a man in sight!
Why aviatrix? Aviator is not a Greek root and I believe the word was not coined until 1927. Predated by aviatrice and aviatress so they have seniority.