BERKELEY, Calif. Berkeley, California, has adopted an ordinance to replace some terms with gender-neutral words in the city code.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Wednesday that "she" and "he" will be replaced by "they." The words "manpower" and "manhole" will become "workforce" and "maintenance hole."
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the measure to replace more than two dozen commonly used terms. There will be no more "craftsmen" in city code, only "craftspeople" or "artisans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/no-manpower-berkeley-bans-gender-specific-words-in-code/2019/07/17/89235a90-a8f7-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html?utm_term=.5515eefa56df
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Wednesday that "she" and "he" will be replaced by "they." The words "manpower" and "manhole" will become "workforce" and "maintenance hole."
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the measure to replace more than two dozen commonly used terms. There will be no more "craftsmen" in city code, only "craftspeople" or "artisans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/no-manpower-berkeley-bans-gender-specific-words-in-code/2019/07/17/89235a90-a8f7-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html?utm_term=.5515eefa56df