Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIf "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareIf "James Bond" is a codename, would a hypothetical female operative filling the same role receive the same codename?Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
This one’s probably a question with no answer because the boys’ club are vanishingly unlikely to cast a woman to play Bond.
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoA name is a name till it becomes female then it never goes back. It’s a weird phenomenon. Names going from male to female seems fine but not the other way. And yes their are some exceptions.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDamned interesting! Where’s the Homer Simpson quote about old guys having all the cool names like Carol and Meredith and Lesley?
A name is a name till it becomes female then it never goes back. It’s a weird phenomenon. Names going from male to female seems fine but not the other way. And yes their are some exceptions.
Damned interesting! Where’s the Homer Simpson quote about old guys having all the cool names like Carol and Meredith and Lesley?