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California city will ban gendered language like ‘manhole’ & ‘pregnant women’ from municipal code
Berkeley, California, known as one of the most liberal cities in America, has approved an ordinance that will remove all gendered language from municipal code because it is “male-centric.” The change would cost approximately $600 to update the language.
Words like “fireman” will be changed to “firefighter.” “Manpower” becomes “human effort.” “Brother” and “Sister” will be changed to “sibling.” “Manholes” will be changed to “maintenance holes” and “pregnant women” becomes “pregnant employees.”
And, of course, personal pronouns like “he,” “she,” “her,”...
