Posted on 04/23/2013 10:15:14 AM PDT by massmike
Washington state’s governor signed into law on Monday the final piece of a six-year effort to rewrite state laws using gender-neutral vocabulary, replacing terms such as “fisherman” and “freshman” with “fisher” and “first-year student.”
Lawmakers have passed a series of bills since 2007 to root out gender bias from Washington statutes, though a 1983 state mandate required that all laws be written in gender-neutral terms unless a specification of gender was intended.
“This was a much larger effort than I had envisioned. Mankind means man and woman,” said Democratic state Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle.
The bill passed the Democrat-controlled state House 70-22 on April 9 and unanimously cleared the state Senate on Feb. 8 before being signed by Democratic Governor Jay Inslee.
(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...
My MANners maybe be bad but it all looks a lot like MANure!
Especially when “fisHER MAN” can be changed to “fisHER”, sounds like their aim is to remove MAN.
Believe it or not, a lot of feminists actually use the term “womyn.”
I’m all for it - got to compromise sometimes with the broads!
And if your last name is Stevenson, Issacson, et al your daughter must be given her mother’s maiden name, or the last name of the closest female relative that isn’t so biased.
And if your last name is Johnson ... well those aren’t allowed.
For all you feminists outraged by the sexism of the English language, I refer you to just about every other Indo-European language. And to a great many languages of oppressed people around the world.
They pretty much all have every noun assigned a gender. It will be fun watching them remodel those languages to be gender-neutral.
English is among the least “sexist” languages on the planet. Lakota actually has many words that have entirely different meanings depending on whether they’re used by men or women.
No, no no. The proper gender-neutral is it, to fix your example:
The intern needs a new computer because it reported problems with the computer's operating system.
Whew. I’m so relieved to know that our legislators would work so diligently for six years to implement this critical legislation. We can all sleep easier tonight.
Oh but “woman” has the word “man” in it! Can’t have that! gotta change the spelling in the dictionary!
Bull$hit.
You would be offended, if you were actually a “womyn”.
LOL, that is probably where I got it from.
Hell, why don’t they just call it “Penmynship”?
I have got to the point where I could give a rat’s patootie about what they want to call things. Actually, I will use the traditional/accurate terms just to piss them off.
I am sick to death of liberalism and all that goes with it.
A 'womyn' is not a person, therefore it isn't abuse (or battery or assault) if you hit one. ;)
Ever hear Queen Sheila Jackson Lee’s rant about the oysterpersons?
Womyn. And they have herstory as well. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
The Left ain't got time for that. This is strictly about hamstringing the West. Making people stumble when they speak (or facing political re-education for their slip ups).
Third world nations can continue to rape, prostitute, abuse, maltreat, enslave, etc. women and "minorities" in those regions. It isn't about equality or betterment of society and lives. It is about being perpetually angry at Western Civilization about some bug up their bum.
Nope - has the word SON in ir -more like Hu-people-writing would be more PC.
“...Mankind means man and woman,” said Democratic state Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle.
This woman is a liberal nut from Seattle, of course, but why did she use the word “mankind”?
Oh, come on, we in USSRW probably have you beat hands down. Is pot legal to smoke there?
Aliens are already here. They are called Democrats. They look just like the rest of us, for the most part, but they are devoid of rational thought and true compassion. Many of them are readily visible by the bumper stickers they have on their cars - “Obama Biden” or “Coexist” - for example. Other than that, it is hard to spot them just by looking.
OK, is this a funny? Or are you doubting my stated sex?
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