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Following on from certain women's demands that . . .
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the syllable 'man' should be dropped from the word 'chairman' isn't also right and proper to drop it from the word 'woman'?
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I think there are plenty of alternative terms that avoid gender issues without sounding ridiculously contrived.
eg. "how would you term manhole cover" ? How about 'inspection hatch'?
"Fireman"(potentially "fire-woman"/"fire-person") has already been altered without recourse to silly 'PC' terms, we now refer to them as "firefighters".
eg. "how would you term manhole cover" ? How about 'inspection hatch'?
"Fireman"(potentially "fire-woman"/"fire-person") has already been altered without recourse to silly 'PC' terms, we now refer to them as "firefighters".
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