This is totally random but the "Diane Keaton in Godfather" reference got me thinkin. Did women really used to talk like they did in those old 60's/70's/80's movies?

There was a certain tone, delivery and cadence in a lot of those old flicks. It's like a mixture of innocent and subservient. Overtly feminine sounding too. It seems like it wasn't only limited to film, and that women would often speak like this in interviews etc.

For reference...Margot Robbie actually does a great job of channeling this in "Once upon a time"...especially when her BF delivers the news that hippies had invaded Rick Dalton's home..."Ohhh that's hooOOORRrible". If what I am saying still doesn't make sense...imagine a modern woman today, trying to sound like a well mannered 13-14 y/o girl. It can almost be annoying in some of the older flicks...but not quite as annoying as the way many modern females talk, to be fair.

Anyways, slow monday, but I have always been curious about this.

If so, reason #325 I was born a few decades too late.

Women and men tended to be more polite in the sixties.

I'm not going to think about this too hard, but I imagine that most roles for women in those days were less important than the male roles. However, there were empowered female roles.

Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and Clyde, Network) usually played that sort of role.

Anne Bancroft (The Graduate)

I'll add more as I think of them.

El Gallo Blanco said:

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schmendeler said:

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"Females"

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Is that now a slur or something? Or a triggering word in Antifa circles now?

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To me it sounds weird since its primary use is as an adjective. Better to use the word woman/women.