Talk:bushwoman

The current def is "The female equivalent of a bushman."

Is it Wiktionary policy to define women in terms of men? I thought this sort of sexism was not pc any longer in dictionaries. Also, it makes for a poor definition as what type of "equivalence" is intended? Doe bushwomen do the same type of work as bushmen? I think it would be better to define bush woman with something like "a woman who lives in the bush; a woman accustomed to the harsh life of the bush"

This makes wonder how many entries there are with "The female equivalent of xxx" definitions...and whether a policy is needed (or already in place) about this issue.Sonofcawdrey (talk) 00:05, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

I have written some of these because it avoids the annoying redundancy of having to repeat the same "accustomed to harsh life of bush" etc. in two places, and keep them synchronised. But I agree it's not ideal and seems to set up the male as the default position. Feel free to edit. This is a wiki. You can change entries. Equinox ◑ 01:23, 2 October 2015 (UTC)