Timeline for Why is "Fräulein" considered offensive, as opposed to "Frau"?
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| Jan 14, 2014 at 12:56 | comment | added | user1690 | @adolfgarlic, well, feminists are protesting agains using masculinum forms of proffessions when describing women. Yes, in some countries they want the opposite, yes, in some countries they want both at the same time, no, you don't need to try to look up for deeper sense there. | |
| Jun 16, 2011 at 8:52 | comment | added | adolf garlic | So why do they still have two words for every profession? It's incredibly annoying/irritating to read/look at a piece/section of text/writing referring to the masculine/feminine version of a job title/profession | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 14:29 | comment | added | Takkat | When I was a kid there were some old unmarried ladies that would have been embarrased when not being called Fräulein. This has changed a lot since then. | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 14:19 | comment | added | Jürgen A. Erhard | The "diminutive" is the important bit here: it's like calling a grown woman "girl" (or a man "Jungchen"). It implies you're not a full woman if you're no married. That's why it can be taken as offensive. And no, I don't blame "feminist linguistics", I blame waking up and realizing what we actually do say and what those words do and always did imply. | |
| Jun 4, 2011 at 6:58 | history | answered | Takkat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |