The EU has called for 'gendered language' such as 'no man's land' and 'Joe Public' to be axed.
A 61-page document advises policymakers, legislators and the media to revise the order of common phrases such as 'King and Queen' or 'brother and sister' in which the male comes first.
It suggests to 'try swapping the order of these phrases sometimes'.
Bureaucrats say 'Joe Public' should be replaced with 'average citizen' and 'no man's land' should be substituted with 'unclaimed territory'.
Tory MP Nick Fletcher has called the guidelines 'nonsense' and argued that the EU had 'far more serious issues' that it should be concerned about.
The 'Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication' document compiled by the The European Institute for Gender Equality highlights language that needs to be changed and notes alternatives.
It adds that terms such as 'shrill' and 'pushy' have 'strong connotations that are strongly associated with only women' and should be replaced with 'high-pitched' and 'assertive' respectively.
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This *should* hasten exits from the EU. I thought the EU was going to standardize measurements and even coinage. Isn't it time to reign the experiment in or even cancel it before it becomes even more powerful? Ever watch Star Wars??
Isn't Europe named in the Greek tradition of giving geophysical things female names? Better change the name of the continent to a non-gendered version?
With putin at our doorstep ...this...really is the problem???
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Honestly I’m with you on this, but it’s of extremely little priority or expenditure by the EU. It’s just a random report from one of their lower-level organizations, it affects nothing at all, and most of its attention came from the backlash.
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