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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