04-02-2007, 05:28 PM
i majored in theater in college (70s). there was a general feeling among women then that while an actor (male) was taken seriously in the biz, actresses were not. it was a rising feminist issue about the trivialization of women in our society in general. so many of us began to simply use actor as a gender-neutral term.
i'm not saying that my school started it, just that that was a time when questions and change were in the air.
i'm not saying that my school started it, just that that was a time when questions and change were in the air.