Chairman or Chairperson

The word "chairwoman" exists now.
I guess "chairperson" is the word you use when you don't know the gender of that person.

I liked the English language much more before "political correctness"!

Does the word Chairman include both genders or is Chairperson the proper term for a female?

The word Chairman is very flexible.

Chairman both sexes? Yes, though I wouldn't use it. To check this, Google, "Chairman + any popular female name". So "Chairman Susan" yields lots of hits. Chairman Karen yields lots of hits.

Chairperson proper term

Hi,
when I read this, I just remember some other words like: Salesperson, salesman, or saleswoman. Why is there the "s" in between but not with "chairman"?
Another example is spokesman or spokeswoman. Btw, why is spoke and not speak?
Thanks.

kynguyen,

anything + woman is hardly used. Chairwoman, saleswoman etc. are not common.

As a check....(Google)

saleswoman - 53,100 hits
salesperson - 1 million hits
salesman - 1.3 million hits

The same thing applies to Chair and others.

Salesperson v. chairperson v. spokesman

I understand your question, but I am unable to give

Hello, Kynguyen

Salesperson, salesman, and saleswoman have an "s", but it is not really something arbitrarily put "in betw

Thank you Mariam and all. That's very helpful!
But can we still use the word sales without s ? for example: on sale, a big sale, or for sale...
Thanks

But can we still use the word sales without s ? for example: on sale, a big sale, or for sale...

Yes, all the examples you provided are correct. The root word of "sales" is "sale". Thus,

-A big sale
-On sale
-For sale
-Sale on Saturday

All these forms are okay.

So then why don't we have "saleman" if "sale" is the roo

thanks, Mountainhiker for your contribution.
cheers.

My pleasure kynguyen. (Interestingly, I can't simply write "My pleasure" as it indicates a duplicate post--I must have written "My pleasure" before. If I write this again, you might see something like "My pleasure kynguyen1." I will have to make a small change every time.)