Thursday, May 2, 2013

He-She-It-Ville: New Washington State Law Bans Words 'Penmanship,' 'Freshman,' 'Fisherman' as Sexist

May 2nd, 2013

Political correctness is alive and well in the state of Washington. Governor Jay Inslee recently signed legislation requiring the state to rewrite it laws using gender-neutral vocabulary – replacing terms such as “fisherman” and “freshman” with “fisher” and “first-year student.” Seriously. From Reuters:

Washington lawmakers have passed a series of bills since 2007 to eliminate gender bias in the state’s statutes, and a 1983 mandate required that all laws be written in gender-neutral terms – unless a specification of gender was intended....

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