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by jaredsohn 3330 days ago
This stackexchange entry (https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/182876/why-are-f...) is interesting re: this subject. Basically, the accepted answer asserts that treating 'witch' as a female wizard is a Harry Potterism and that the corresponding male term for witch is warlock.

Another answer suggests 'wizardess' may be the better female term for wizard.

At least in tech we use the same terms for both male and female programmers :)

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Or better yet let's all decide as a society that a wizard can be any gender.