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Man this is weird...
I mean, Huperson, this is weird.
Who the heck is offended by the term man made? Midwives is acceptable though, but I guess that could be because a wife can be male with some sort of voodoo liberal agenda.
And as the summery says, I truly thought saying Miss to young ladies was flattering. It will be hard to get the doorpersons to greet people now.
The politically correct rules also mean a ban on Continental titles, such as Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita.
Guidance issued in a new 'Gender-Neutral Language' pamphlet instead orders politicians to address female members by their full name only.
Officials have also ordered that 'sportsmen' be called 'athletes', 'statesmen' be referred to as 'political leaders' and even that 'synthetic' or 'artificial' be used instead of 'man-made'.
The guidance lists banned terms for describing professions, including fireman, air hostess, headmaster, policeman, salesman, manageress, cinema usherette and male nurse.
However MEPs are still allowed to refer to 'midwives' as there is no accepted male version of the job description.
Man this is weird...
I mean, Huperson, this is weird.
Who the heck is offended by the term man made? Midwives is acceptable though, but I guess that could be because a wife can be male with some sort of voodoo liberal agenda.
And as the summery says, I truly thought saying Miss to young ladies was flattering. It will be hard to get the doorpersons to greet people now.