Are you a Hero or a Shero?

thank you for honoring me with the b.r. my dear

I think it is simply that we don't hear it that often. I have heard people use it but surprisingly not so much on the tv. Like talks shows tend to say Hero when they honor someone. Unless of course you are Oprah. I feel like she started this word but really I can't remember where I heard it first.

No not really, that one didn't exactly follow the same thought pattern. It's just "secretary" always implied a woman because it used to be a women only job but now that men are in the field also that position is usually called "assistant" or some other more modern gender neutral title.

I agree with you too. When I did acting I always called myself an Actor. A lot of people would correct me and say Actress. I always said, nope... I'm an Actor. Is there a male counterpart to secretary? I always thought that this was a non-gender word.

Okay..so the truth be known I saw this on Oprah. I am not sure she started it but maybe she did. If she did what does this say about her. That she is so insecure that she can not even share a word with a man let alone a marriage. Does Oprah and others not see clearly there is no need to be intimidated by the word Hero! To day I watched a recorded Oprah show and she used this word constantly when introducing women. Will I was so turned off by this that it was all I could think about and had to keep rewinding the show to hear what they were actually talking about. They say it is because of HE being the dominate word in Hero; will if they look one letter further they would see the word Her if they want to get picky about it maybe they can just say that Her is the more dominant word as it is longer then He. H E R O hence forth the word Hero for the brave souls that do something extraordinary for this world. Will How ridiculous and childish is this so called word Shero. Some times I am amazed with how so called mature women reveal their immaturities!

I have to agree with you. I think for women to be making a point about having their own unique word to Hero just shows how petty they are. Plus they already had the unique word which someone already mentioned (Heroine). I was just so turned off by Oprah as I watched her show yesterday. Even though I have to admit the weight lost stories were amazing and those people are Hero's and Heroine's to many people who watched and will be affected by their triumphant victory in the battle of weight loss!

Yes that is true to. I totally forgot about that when I wrote the discussion. Maybe Oprah forgot there was a word for a female Hero as well. I wrote in the next comment what prompted me to write this discussion if you want to read it. Thanks for the reply!