[Leica] Politically correct - final post

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)]

I think you've gotten to the core of the controversy about the perception of 
sexism in the use of the term "se?orita" in this forum. Perception is all! 
When a Spanish speaker uses it, it's just ordinary conversation. When a 
non-Spanish speaker uses it in reference to a non-Hispanic female, it's 
unnatural, therefore an affectation and therefore suspect: as being sexist, 
paternalistic, leering, whatever, but in any case perceived as condescending 
and demeaning. Its use certainly may not be intended that way (never on the 
LUG!), or unconsciously motivated by same, but it still carries the flavor.

?howard


On Jul 3, 2013, at 10:58 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:

>  While it may be understandable that Lluis uses the term senorita, 
> Nathan's mastery of world cultures should have sensitized him to the 
> mimizing aspects of the term in other languages. But those two are not the 
> only Luggers that call an attractive young woman in a photo a senorita. It 
> has been adopted and used by many without the justification of a Spanish 
> heritage.