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Self - Hostess?
If one tries to submit credit for a woman as a "hostess" of a television program, the IMDb software will automatically change it to a "host" with this explanation:
The following fixes have been applied automatically.
Host/Co-Host
Female television presenters on IMDb are usually referred to as ' Self - Host' or ' Self - Co-Host' as opposed to ' Self - Hostess'.
I agree with this policy as to women who are television presenters, generally speaking.
However, I am dealing with a documentary TV program where a woman is identified in her on-screen caption as a "hostess" in a social context; she is not the presenter of this or any other TV program. Yet I can't describe her as such in the Cast credits.
The "hostess" to "host" fix should be a yellow warning, rather than an automatic fix, to allow for credits that actually contain the word "hostess" in this situation.
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4 years ago
Hi gromit82 -
Thanks for calling out this contribution experience. Concerning the "Self" character auto-conversion from 'Self-Hostess' to "Self-Host', this is an intentional contribution redirect as our preference is to list all presenters as "Host". For the example you provided where the role is not a presenter but the individual is credited as themselves as "Hostess" (in a social context), as per our preference, this credit should be listed on the site as "Self-Host".
However, if there is a fictional cast credited character role of "Hostess" we will still allow this to be listed as a cast role.
I hope this helps clarify!
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