Soon, there will be no chairmen, no manpower, and no policemen or policewomen in Berkeley, California
Soon, there will be no more manholes in the city of Berkeley, California. There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen.
No, that doesn't mean a whole city will be without committee leaders and law enforcement. It means that words that imply a gender preference will be removed from the city's codes and replaced with gender-neutral terms, according a recently adopted ordinance.The city voted Tuesday night to replace gendered terms in its municipal codes, like"manhole" and"manpower," with gender-neutral ones like"maintenance hole" and"human effort.
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