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  1. #21
    She's the Arbiter, not an arbiter. It's a title, not a job.

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    As a female, Arbitress just sounds flat out stupid. Arbiter sounds so much better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kansor View Post
    Also sounds cooler and more unique IMO

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/arbitress
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    The english language rarely genders descriptors like these, especially if it's a solitary role where no further distinction is required.
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    Quote Originally Posted by valky94 View Post
    you dont see female druids get called druidess now do you?
    You do see female priests being called priestesses, though
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    Seems an arbitrary distinction

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    Arbichick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by valky94 View Post
    you dont see female druids get called druidess now do you?
    That's because there are no female druids in the canon lore.

  9. #29
    Quote Originally Posted by Gaidax View Post
    Arbichick.
    The official term is "Arbint".
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  10. #30
    There's no reason to have to put gender on the Arbiter's title.

    It's not a profession where there's any sort of differentiation between genders, nor is it a title that enjoys any sort of widespread representation in the Shadowlands. There's only one Arbiter, and only one being capable of filling that role (as far as we know). That the being filling that role is female has zero meaning.

    Also, different tastes. Personally, I don't think 'Arbitress' sounds very cool at all. Not any cooler than 'Arbiter' anyway.

  11. #31
    Do we call female Hunters Huntress or just Hunters?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrkew View Post
    That's because there are no female druids in the canon lore*.

    * before WoW
    Fixed that for you.

    As for priestess, a normal female priest is rarely called priestess in modern english either. Priestess in fantasy usually refers to the shrine/temple maiden kind one might find in antiquity. I think the distinction is mainly made by nelfs in WoW, since they historically were the ones that had gender exclusive priests. Same with the huntress example.
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  13. #33
    Quote Originally Posted by Airlick View Post
    You do see female priests being called priestesses, though
    That's only used when it's specificially refering to a female in a group or specific, predominantly female, orders, though. I.e. if its a notable feature. The Arbiter isn't likely to be confused with anybody on account of being a unique being in a unique position.

  14. #34
    You don't even know what her actual gender is. So no.

  15. #35
    Why does he/she/it have a gender anyways?
    It's not like it's a living being. The arbiter won't ever reproduce. The binary distinction between male and female only applies to most higher animals (humans included), because that was nature's way of ensuring optimal evolution.
    In WoW, most (all?) living beings were created by the titans and cursed by the old gods. Somewhere along the way lies the explanation for sexual dimorphism on Azeroth, but I don't think there's a canon explanation for it.

    But why the arbiter should have a gender will probably never adressed in lore. It should be "it", but it's humanoid looking. And that is the problem:
    Everything that resembles a human will be classified by its appearance first: Has it boobs? Yes? Okay, "she". No? "He". If it's not clear, then gender is determinded by voice. Now, does the arbiter look very feminin? Arguably so, but not definitly. So assigning a gender to something very androgyn looking makes really no sense at first glance, but I'm sure the arbiter will be voiceacted, so it has to have a gender (or player instictively give it one, based on it's voice). Meaning, its gender will have absolutely no effect and was just chosen based on the voice it is given.

    That means, that Arbiter (generic masculine) is its name, because its gender does not matter at all for anything other than voiceacting (and because humans will always categorize something humanoid into male or female).

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    Im for calling em "Arbiperson" or "Arbibeing" so nobody gets offended.
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    More and more things are moving to the gender neutral form of expression, as the gendered terms just no longer matter really.

    Quote Originally Posted by Frolk View Post
    Im for calling em "Arbiperson" or "Arbibeing" so nobody gets offended.
    You're probably trolling, but Arbiter is gender neutral.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thetruth1400 View Post
    More and more things are moving to the gender neutral form of expression, as the gendered terms just no longer matter really.



    You're probably trolling, but Arbiter is gender neutral.
    I am trolling, cause this thread is a joke.
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  19. #39
    Quote Originally Posted by huth View Post
    That's only used when it's specificially refering to a female in a group or specific, predominantly female, orders, though. I.e. if its a notable feature. The Arbiter isn't likely to be confused with anybody on account of being a unique being in a unique position.
    Yeah, this applies to positions of power and offices, as well. From the priest example, there can be positions such as Head Priest, or there an be Cardinal, Deacon, Reverend, etc... and there is no gender assumption with the roles as far as the title goes. Generic positions tend to have gender-specific descriptors, such as priest/priestess, host/hostess, and so forth. However, even the generic position references don't necessarily even bother with pointing out the gender of the person, as it generally doesn't (and shouldn't) matter what gender they are.

    I'd imagine lore-wise The Arbiter wouldn't care about using "correct" pronouns and gender-specific terminology anyways. If this wasn't the case, my hopes for SL would probably sink pretty low.
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    I demand to be called a playeress instead of a player.

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