From: utzoo!watmath!bstempleton Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: genderless usage Article-I.D.: watmath.2987 Posted: Sun Jul 11 18:09:11 1982 Received: Mon Jul 12 04:37:00 1982 References: ihuxk.121 The only reason terms like actor and waiter got feminine forms is because those jobs were commonly held by women as well as men in the early days of women in the labour force. There are no 'bakeresses because there were no female bakers when the names were invented.