Words Mean Things

Aside from Rosie O'Donnell, when did women stopped being "actresses" and become "actors"? It's as if journalists have forgotten the distinction when writing. I am not for this all-encompassing term that does not distinguish between male and female.  We also no longer have airline stewardesses and stewards, now they're all "Flight Attendants."  I say distinction between the sexes is a good thing.  I hate the word police and Soviet-style political correctness that we've allowed to infiltrate our society.