Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only problem I have with the way se?orita is used on the LUG is that it only refers to young, beautiful women - never overweight, ordinary, or plain women. None of the women in Jim Shulman's fantastic photos are ever referred to as se?oritas! Se?orita is a perfectly valid Spanish description of a young woman - every young woman. (Se?ora) Tina On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:27 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > > > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:59 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > > > >> I've been a semi-invalid for the last week recovering from cancer > surgery and I've found the last few editions of the LUG to be a good > substitute for "War of the Sexes." They take out the stiches in a few days > and I should be back to my usual acerbic self. > >> > >> > >> I personally am appalled at the cultural insensitivity to sexist > terminology exhibited by many male LUG members. Despite the fact that some > of us disagree with Tina's excessive regard for Leica equipment, we don't > refer to her as a senorita... > > > > > > I have to agree that the way senorita is used here on the LUG, I find to > be disrespectful to women, condescending, demeaning, and > > > > ultimately sexist. We don't refer to young men by the equivalent. > > > > If one of my daughters were photographed by a LUG member and described > in these terms, that young lady would certainly not be > > > > happy, and neither would her father. > > wow. do neither of you feel or understand the appreciation in the use of > the word "se?orita" on the LUG? > I certainly would not feel offended by someone referring to my daughter, > or a photograph of my daughter, as "beautiful young woman." > > I certainly understand language and when language is misused. > Se?orita, > young woman, > young women, > girl (when used for females under 12 or 13), > les jeunes femmes, > junge frauen, fr?ulein > do not qualify as sexist > in my lexicon > > are we to refer to men and women as "persons" (never mention gender or > age)? > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com