Posted on 07/18/2019 10:48:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
The city of Berkeley, California, is updating its municipal code to exclude gendered words like manhole and manmade in favor of more inclusive language, according to a new ordinance.
The City Council voted Tuesday night to adopt the new ordinance eliminating gender preference language in its code.
Manholes will now be called maintenance holes, firemen will become firefighters, manmade will be artificial and all instances of men and women will be replaced by people. Gendered pronouns, such as he and she will also be replaced with they.
Theres power in language, the bills primary author, Berkeley City Council member Rigel Robinson, told CNN. This is a small move, but it matters.
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A) It’s California
B) It’s Bezerkley
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