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Use gender-sensitive language or lose marks, university students told
Cardiff Metropolitan University’s code of practice on language has a “gender-neutral term” checklist, giving alternatives for words or phrases, including using “efficient” for “workmanlike” and “supervisor” for “foreman”. Bath University encourages neutral alternatives to “mankind” such as “humanity”, ”humans” or “people”.
Is it time we agreed on a gender-neutral singular pronoun?
Gary Nunn – THE GUARDIAN – 2 April 2017
Two years ago, the University of North Carolina handed out a gender-inclusive language guide, which encouraged students away from using words such as “mailman” , “policeman”, “man-made” and other terms, giving alternative titles or descriptions, such as “postal carrier” .
The Hull University directive is seen as going further, with some critics describing it as “linguistic policing”.