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Mistress - unlike the male opposite, the female word has an immoral, sexual connotation, and less connotation of power than the male word.
Spinster - the word for an unmarried woman carries connotations of age, ugliness and 'being on the shelf', unlike the male word, which carries connotations of a certain 'joie de vivre'.
Governess - a private tutor who teaches in the home of the host family. The male term has a completely different meaning, which is one of a ruler of a particular district.
Disabled - the problem is the strongly-negative prefix 'dis' so dysabled or differently-able are more PC
Person - the problem is the word 'son', so per, peep, one or you are more PC
Policeman - the problem is the word 'man' in the job title, so police officer is more PC
Headmaster - the problem is the word 'master' in the job title, so head or principal are more PC, although the word principal contains the word 'prince'.
Waitress - the problem is the 'ess', which denotes the job as female (an issue that should not be relevant to the job). So, waiter, waitron or attendant are more PC
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