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2006-10-31 14:06:40 · 14 answers · asked by Alan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Rapists are usually always men.
Raper is a word. Raper and rapist mean the same thing.
2006-10-31 14:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by Maus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By analogy to actor/actress, it should be raper/rapress.
But in reality, there are fewer and fewer gender based words in the English language, and females who act are lately just being called actors. Once, a woman could be a poetess, or authoress, even a paintress. We don't deal in that much anymore.
We lost stewardess, for example, by calling them flight attendants, since now you see men doing that job, too, and they didn't call the men stewards, which is what "stewardess" is formed from. There are still inequalities: if a woman makes a suit, she's a seamstress, but if a man makes a suit, he's a tailor.
2006-10-31 14:19:46 · answer #2 · answered by sonyack 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
rapess... get your analogy straight before you ask a stupid question. Everyone knows there are no hard and fast rules int eh english language. There is always an exception to be found.
2006-10-31 14:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by Rum_Punch_Girlie 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you want to follow suit the word would be rapRESS not rapIST
2006-10-31 14:09:11 · answer #4 · answered by Calina 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I go along with that.. Rapist is the word.... why not?
2006-10-31 14:12:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
now that is funy i think u might be right but i have noticed that these days they use actor for males and females very funny question though thx for the =)
2006-10-31 14:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by burnt bob 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think rapess, i like that though
no shlt maus, but yo momma slipped me a rufie and some viagra
2006-10-31 14:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
no it would be rapess.. actor actress.. raper rapess..
2006-10-31 14:14:06 · answer #8 · answered by teresajoyanthony 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
uh..following ur pattern
actor-actress
rapper-rappress
raper is not a word.
2006-10-31 14:08:24 · answer #9 · answered by Moo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mmm, never really thought about this one, but hay it's a good question.
2006-10-31 14:09:32 · answer #10 · answered by Tennis_Ace 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋