Author Question: The use of the suffix -ova in Czech a. indicates not only femaleness' but also a sort of ... (Read 179 times)

appyboo · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The use of the suffix -ova in Czech

a. indicates not only femaleness' but also a sort of belonging to'.
b. has been embraced by young women in the 21st century as a way of celebrating their heritage.
c. was rejected by feminists in the 1960s and is no longer used.
d. is identical to the English suffix -ess as in hostess or actress.

Question 2

The fact that most women who work in theater today refer to themselves as actors

a. is a sign of too much political correctness.
b. just sounds silly, as if they were claiming to be men.
c. is a successful effort to remove one case of gender bias in English.
d. cannot have any impact on the way these women are perceived.